Men due in court charged with theft and motoring offences

Two men, aged 30 and 21, arrested in the Derry area, are due to appear in court in Ballymena  this morning on theft and motoring charges.

They have been charged with burglary with intent to steal and four counts of theft. 

The 21 year old has further been charged with using a motor vehicle without insurance and no driving licence. 

The charges relate to the theft of cigarettes and scratch cards from shops in the Tullygarley Road area of Ballymena, the Queen Street area of Ballymoney, the Ballymena Road area of Ballymoney and the Ballybogy Road area of Ballymoney, on Tuesday evening of this week. 

They were arrested in the Victoria Road area of Derry in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Both are due to appear at Ballymena Magistrates Court this morning.