Police are appealing for information after poppy wreaths were stolen from Crumlin War Memorial Park. The wreaths were taken from the memorial beside the Leisure Centre.

Some of the wreaths were later found in the Orchard Grove and Orchard Hill area. Others remain missing.

Ryan Kirkpatrick, the Ulster Unionist Party representative for Airport DEA, said the incident occurred overnight, within 24 hours of a remembrance service. He said residents had gathered damaged and discarded wreaths scattered across the village and returned a number to the local community centre.

Kirkpatrick said he was engaging with the Friends of Crumlin War Memorial and the PSNI. He thanked community members who collected the scattered wreaths and urged anyone with information or CCTV footage from the area to contact police.

Rodney Mairs, from Friends of Crumlin War Memorial, said the group was very disappointed by the incident and that the people of Crumlin do not support such behaviour.

Neighbourhood police were due to attend the scene on Monday afternoon and engage with the organisers of the remembrance event.

Anyone with information, CCTV, doorbell footage or dashcam footage is asked to call 101 or report online, quoting crime reference CC677 -09/11/2026.