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Co Antrim alert declared hoax

Published Saturday, 23 February 2013

A suspicious object, which sparked a security alert between Whiteabbey and Carrickfergus in Co Antrim, has been declared a hoax.

Army bomb experts examined the suspicious object (© UTV)

It was found in the Shore Road area on Saturday night.

Police and army bomb experts attended the scene.

The area was sealed off between Glenville Road and Jordanstown Road for a time. It has now reopened to traffic.

The security alert is over.

Shore Rd, Carrickfergus now reopened to traffic after earlier security alert. ATO examined suspicious object and declared it to be a hoax.
— PSNI Newtownabbey (@PSNINabbyCarr) February 23, 2013

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Comments

4 Comments

Marty in Newtownabbey wrote (88 days ago):

Why are people having a go at utv, they published the tweet from the psni so blame the provider of the misinformation not the messenger

Democ in In a democracy wrote (89 days ago):

It's a jordansrown hoax it's nowhere near carrick

lynne in Carrick wrote (89 days ago):

Thats newtownabbey. NOT Carrick!

john in oooo now wrote (89 days ago):

Glenville Road and Jordanstown Road is not in carrickfergus and wouldnt even be class as greenisland utv always states wrong news and locations that it publishes its in newtownabbey the security alert was try and get things right from now on cause 40% 0f the time use always state wrong new.

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