Northern Ireland

Police investigate fires in Co Antrim and Co Derry

Police are investigating after an arson attack on a property at Carnduff Drive in Ballymena on Saturday night. Picture by Hugh Russell.
Police are investigating after an arson attack on a property at Carnduff Drive in Ballymena on Saturday night. Picture by Hugh Russell. Police are investigating after an arson attack on a property at Carnduff Drive in Ballymena on Saturday night. Picture by Hugh Russell.

A man has been arrested on after an arson attack at a property in Co Antrim.

The man, who is aged in his 30s, was detained on suspicion of arson with intent after the attack in the Carnduff Drive area of Ballymena on Saturday night.

He remained in custody last night.

Meanwhile, police are investigating after an arson attack on a car in Co Derry.

Police say the vehicle was deliberately set alight at around 10.10pm on Saturday in the Glenbeg Walk area of Limavady.