Vehicle 'involved in theft of alcohol' around Banbridge is seized in Newtownabbey
Police have stopped and seized a vehicle in Newtownabbey which had been involved in the theft of alcohol from retail premises.
PSNI Road Policing Interceptor officers assisted colleagues from Antrim & Newtownabbey district to stop the vehicle in the Glengormley area.
Police said it had been involved in theft of alcohol from retail premises in the Banbridge area.
The driver, a 72-year-old male, was arrested and has been charged to court in relation to this theft and two other incidents where large amounts of alcohol were stolen from retail premises.
The vehicle did not have a policy of insurance in place and the driver, who was driving unaccompanied, only held a Provisional licence.
He was taken to custody in Banbridge and will now appear in court in the near future in relation to all offences. The vehicle was seized.