Northern Ireland

Police search Derry houses after arrest of man (23) on drug offences

SEVERAL houses in Derry on Friday evening were searched by police following the earlier arrest of a 23-year-old man in Omagh on drug-related offences.

The man was arrested after a car was stopped and searched on the Great Northern Ireland, Omagh just before 3pm by officers from the PSNI Reactive and Organised Crime branch.

Police recovered £120,000 worth of suspected herbal cannabis  and 13kg of suspected cutting agent to be used with a Class A drug.