West Belfast: Homes evacuated following secuirty alert
A number of homes have been evacuated after police found “a number of suspicious devices” during a search operation in west Belfast on Friday morning.
A 35-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of offences under the Terrorism Act, remains in police custody.
Officers are at a house in Edwina Street, off the Shankill Road, accompanied by Army Ammunition Technical Officers (ATO).
Meanwhile, residents in Dervock in Ballymoney have returned to their homes following a separate security alert.
Earlier on Friday, police said they were searching two properties in the Shankill Road area as part of an investigation into suspected terrorism offences.
Police said on Friday evening that a safety cordon is in place and they have asked the public to avoid the area.
