Five arrested by officers investigating north Antrim UDA

A stock picture of a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) logo badge in Belfast Northern Ireland (Niall Carson/PA)

Police investigating violence and human rights abuses linked to the north Antrim UDA have arrested five people.

A woman, 52, and four men, aged 38, 43, 47 and 50, were detained in the Ballymoney, Limavady and Coleraine areas on Monday on suspicion of a number of offences.