30 petrol bombs found in PSNI crackdown on loyalist feud

Police in the North have arrested a man following the seizure of 30 petrol bombs during a raid in the loyalist Ballysillan area of north Belfast last night.

A quantity of drugs was also seized during the raid, which is believed to be linked to escalating loyalist violence in the area.

Scores of petrol bombings have taken place in north Belfast in recent days as part of an emerging feud between the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Loyalist Volunteer Force.

In the latest incident last night, a taxi was petrol bombed outside its owner's house on Silverstream Avenue.

The owner apparently used to work for a firm partly owned by the prominent loyalist Jackie Mahood. The company has been forced to close due to the feud.