Guns and swords seized in Armagh in operation targeting crime gang

Detective Chief Inspector Richard Thornton (Liam McBurney/PA)

Nine suspected or replica firearms and six swords have been seized during a police operation against an organised crime gang in Co Armagh.

Three rounds of ammunition and £6,000 in cash were also recovered, along with quantities of class A and B drugs and associated paraphernalia, in six house searches in the Garvaghy Road area of Portadown on Monday.