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11/01/2005
Suspect devices intercepted in post
Four hoax devices addressed to district policing partnership members have been intercepted at a postal sorting office in Co Antrim.
A worker at the Royal Mail sorting office in Mallusk is believed to have discovered a suspicious package at about 9.30pm on Monday.
The area was immediately evacuated and sealed off as army bomb experts carried out a search of the facility.
Three more suspect devices were then discovered before all four devices were declared hoaxes.
Policing Board Chairman Sir Desmond Rea hit out at those responsible for the devices.
"I condemn totally such cowardly attacks and acts of violent intimidation on members of the community whose only interest is in making their whole community safer,” Sir Desmond said.
“I also condemn the risk to which postal workers are exposed, and praise them for their vigilance in spotting these devices."
Last August, seven suspicious packages addressed to members of the Policing Board and the police ombudsman were also intercepted at the Mallusk office, which is Northern Ireland's main sorting office.
Dissident republicans are thought to have been behind those incidents.
(MB)
A worker at the Royal Mail sorting office in Mallusk is believed to have discovered a suspicious package at about 9.30pm on Monday.
The area was immediately evacuated and sealed off as army bomb experts carried out a search of the facility.
Three more suspect devices were then discovered before all four devices were declared hoaxes.
Policing Board Chairman Sir Desmond Rea hit out at those responsible for the devices.
"I condemn totally such cowardly attacks and acts of violent intimidation on members of the community whose only interest is in making their whole community safer,” Sir Desmond said.
“I also condemn the risk to which postal workers are exposed, and praise them for their vigilance in spotting these devices."
Last August, seven suspicious packages addressed to members of the Policing Board and the police ombudsman were also intercepted at the Mallusk office, which is Northern Ireland's main sorting office.
Dissident republicans are thought to have been behind those incidents.
(MB)
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