Officers from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Branch have seized nine vehicles, watches and over 200 bottles of fake vodka.

The seizures were made during two planned searches in the Kilkeel and Newry areas on Wednesday, January 26.

Among the seizures were a number of classic BMW 3 series cars a top of the range two-door Mercedes car.

Detective Inspector McCamley said: “We have seized nine vehicles worth approximately £155,000, as part of a proactive nationwide investigation into organised crime led by the National Crime Agency.

“We also seized a number of high value watches and 234 bottles of suspected counterfeit vodka.

“Organised Crime Groups remain a priority for the PSNI’s Organised Crime Unit. 

“They have no place in our society.

“All they are interested in is the exploitation of others, making vast sums of money out of the abject misery and devastation caused to people’s lives.

“We would appeal to anyone who has any information about criminality to contact police on the non-emergency number 101, or submit a report online using our non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/.  

“You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/.