Monthly Archives: February 2017

East Antrim Ulster Unionist Party candidate Roy Beggs has welcomed news over the weekend that drugs worth an estimated £10,000 were seized and taken off our streets by the PSNI. Mr Beggs said “Well done first and foremost to the PSNI for the work they continue to do in the fight to eradicate drugs from our communities. Drug addiction ruins lives.  I am advised that herbal cannabis was found in addition to some class A drugs.  With class A drugs in particular, being dealt by local drug dealers we all must be concerned with the associated problem of drug progression, addiction and the crime often associated with having to fed that  addiction.  Organised crime gangs are feeding off the community.  I know that that information from the community is vital in the battle against drug mis-use If you have any information in relation to the sale of illegal drugs in our community, please give … Continue reading →

The Ulster Unionist Party has selected long serving Assembly representative, Roy Beggs, and Cllr John Stewart as its Assembly candidates for East Antrim on 2 March. Roy Beggs said: “This election is an unexpected opportunity for the electorate to give their verdict on 10 years where the DUP and Sinn Fein have been in the top positions at Stormont, and 9 months where they have been in government on their own.   It is undeniable that the Renewable Heat Incentive has been completely mismanaged and that the authors of this mismanagement are the DUP who held the economy portfolio over the past 10 years.  The DUP/Sinn Fein Executive has not acted in the interest of the entire community but each for their own narrow, short term political self-interest.   Vote for Ulster Unionists for better, more accountable government.”  Cllr John Stewart said: “I am hugely honoured to have been selected by the … Continue reading →

Beggs praises the collaboration between the PSNI, the Met, the South West Counter Terrorism Intelligence Unit and the intelligence agencies who gathered evidence leading to the guilty plea for dissident republican terrorism activity, by the rogue Royal Marine, Ciarán Maxwell from Larne. Roy Beggs MLA said: “I am glad that the successful policing operation against dissident republican activity, that involved significant arms finds, has concluded with a guilty plea from Ciaran Maxwell.  I hope that he will be handed a sentence that is appropriate for his reckless actions which endangered the public in NI and in GB.   “There must be a strong message send out that anyone engaging in activity that poses a threat to life and to peace in Northern Ireland will not be tolerated.  I pay tribute to the PSNI and to the other National policing and  intelligent agencies that may have been involved in closing down … Continue reading →