Tasers, batons, a machete, military-style clothing, gloves and balaclavas were also discovered
A UDA flag and weaponry including knuckledusters and a machete were found during the 2021 Paramilitary Crime Task Force operation in Co Antrim.
The second offence, they added, relates to Simms having “a weapon, namely a ‘FBQ202’ combined Taser, torch, laser and alarm device , a ‘928 TYPE Direct-current ultrahigh voltage combined torch and stun gun device and a ‘H-9’ combined torch and stun gun device ” on the same date. A suspected BB gun and ‘UDA-branded clothing’ was also found at Simms’ then home at Erskine Park, Ballyclare. During police interviews, the accused denied possessing the items, and stated that he only took up a tenancy on the property on December 19, 2020.
The PSNI said in a statement issued on Friday that a “number of searches were carried out in Ballyclare in February 2021, as part of an investigation into suspected criminality linked to the South East Antrim UDA”.
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