Newtownabbey: residents return home following security alert
Residents have returned home following a security alert at Beechwood House, Newtownabbey, on Thursday (January 15).
Police received a report at approximately 2.35pm of a suspicious object in the Woodland Drive area. Officers attended the scene, along with Ammunition Technical Officers (ATO), who examined the device and deemed it as nothing untoward. In an incident update, the PSNI said those who were evacuated during the public safety operation have now returned to their homes.
Police added: “We thank everyone involved for their patience, understanding and cooperation.”
It was the second security alert in the Newtownabbey area in recent days. A number of viable pipe bomb-type devices were made safe following an overnight operation on the Upper
Hightown Road area, which began on Tuesday afternoon (January 13).