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