Police arrested a man after seizing cannabis worth more than £25,000 during a search of a house on the Ballymena Road in Ballymena.[1] Officers found more than thirty cannabis plants and 0.5 kg of cannabis resin in the house.[1]

Officers also found a handgun and equipment used for growing cannabis plants during the search.[1] The 4ni.co.uk item reporting the search is dated 30 April 2003 and gives no separate date for it.[1]