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Suspicious device found during planned search in Ardoyne, N. Belfast

Suspicious device found during planned search in Ardoyne N Belfast
01/04
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A suspicious device was found during a planned search of a house in Northwick Drive, Ardoyne area of North Belfast, by serious crime offiers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Police evacuated a number of homes and Army ATO were tasked.
Suspicious device found during planned search in Ardoyne N Belfast
02/04
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A suspicious device was found during a planned search of a house in Northwick Drive, Ardoyne area of North Belfast, by serious crime offiers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Police evacuated a number of homes and Army ATO were tasked.
Suspicious device found during planned search in Ardoyne N Belfast
03/04
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A suspicious device was found during a planned search of a house in Northwick Drive, Ardoyne area of North Belfast, by serious crime offiers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Police evacuated a number of homes and Army ATO were tasked.
Suspicious device found during planned search in Ardoyne N Belfast
04/04
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A suspicious device was found during a planned search of a house in Northwick Drive, Ardoyne area of North Belfast, by serious crime offiers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Police evacuated a number of homes and Army ATO were tasked.
  • Suspicious device found during planned search in Ardoyne N Belfast
  • Suspicious device found during planned search in Ardoyne N Belfast
  • Suspicious device found during planned search in Ardoyne N Belfast
  • Suspicious device found during planned search in Ardoyne N Belfast

A suspicious device was found during a planned search of a house in Northwick Drive, Ardoyne area of North Belfast, by serious crime offiers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Police evacuated a number of homes and Army ATO were tasked.

EDIT: PSNI have released a statement to confirm that this was a VIABLE pipebomb type device which in the garden of a residential property.

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