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Ulster Defence Association leaders from across NI have gathered to "present a united front against criminality".Ulster Defence Association leaders from across NI have gathered to "present a united front against criminality".
The group's so-called Inner Council was showing its support for a claim by the Ulster Political Research group that "criminals have no place in the UDA".The group's so-called Inner Council was showing its support for a claim by the Ulster Political Research group that "criminals have no place in the UDA".
UPRG spokesman Frankie Gallagher said those involved in selling drugs, extortion or other crime "did so without the UDA's backing".UPRG spokesman Frankie Gallagher said those involved in selling drugs, extortion or other crime "did so without the UDA's backing".
He urged the community to help police bring them to justice.He urged the community to help police bring them to justice.
Mr Gallagher said people who knew of anybody involved in criminality "must go to the police and report it".
"We will support them 100%," he said.
"If there are any of those people who are using the name of paramilitaries, or the UDA in particular, to peddle their crime, we are standing here to show the business community, the people in south-east Antrim and the rest of Northern Ireland that that's not the case," he said.