Police question senior loyalists in Derry

Detectives are questioning three senior loyalists after police launched a new crackdown on paramilitary activity in the North.

The men were arrested as officers swooped on their homes in Coleraine, Co. Derry.

They were taken to a special holding centre in Lisburn, Co. Antrim.

Police said the three were being held in relation to “serious crime” in the Coleraine area.

One security source confirmed: “This is in connection with loyalist terrorism.”