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19/11/2014
Ballymena Security Alert Ends
Controlled explosions have been carried out by a bomb squad in Ballymena, County Antrim, after a suspicious device was found under a car.
A security alert was declared in the town after the object was discovered below the vehicle, when it was placed on a lift at a garage.
Police and Army technical officers attended the scene in the Pennybridge Industrial Estate on Wednesday morning.
A number of business premises were evacuated and two controlled explosions were carried out.
The alert has now ended and police have confirmed that the suspicious object was not an explosive device.
(IT/MH)
A security alert was declared in the town after the object was discovered below the vehicle, when it was placed on a lift at a garage.
Police and Army technical officers attended the scene in the Pennybridge Industrial Estate on Wednesday morning.
A number of business premises were evacuated and two controlled explosions were carried out.
The alert has now ended and police have confirmed that the suspicious object was not an explosive device.
(IT/MH)
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