Police are appealing for information following an aggravated burglary in Glenarm and linked burglaries in Ballyclare on Saturday night.
Detectives say a man aged in his 50's returned home at 2320 and confronted three men in his house on the Deerpark Road in Glenarm.
He was struck on the shoulder with a metal bar by one of the intruders but did not sustain any serious injuries.
The three men made off with a sum of cash from the property in a blue coloured Volkswagen Tiguan that had been reported stolen in a creeper style burglary in the Rectory Road area of Ballyclare earlier on Saturday evening.
An attempt was also made to steal a second car in a creeper style burglary in the Riverdale Park area of Ballyclare around 2215 on Saturday night.
The Volkswagen Tiguan was found burned out on the Ballyhampton Road in Larne a short time after the incident in Glenarm.
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