15/05/2012

Object Found At St Angelo Airport Not Explosive

A suspect object found at St Angelo Airport in Enniskillen on Monday evening was "nothing untoward" according to police.

Army bomb experts removed the object which was found on a plane registered in England but based at At Angelo.

No further information was reported.

(CD/GK)

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