28/11/2019

Arrests As Car Rams Police Vehicle In Co Armagh

Three people have been arrested after a car rammed a police vehicle in Newry.

The incident involving a black Audi car occurred on Wednesday, 27 November.

A PSNI spokesperson said the car matched the description of a vehicle spotted leaving the scene of a burglary earlier that morning in Belleeks.

The suspects, including two men and a woman, were still in custody as of Wednesday evening.



(JG/MH)

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