05/09/2016

Security Alert In Portadown Ends

A security alert in Portadown, Co Armagh, has now ended.

A suspicious object was found in the area, however it has been described as "nothing untoward".

Police and army bomb disposal experts attended the scene in the Upper Church Lane area.

The road was closed but it has since re-opened.

(CD)

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