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Portadown: Object under soldier's car was not explosive | Portadown: Object under soldier's car was not explosive |
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Police have said an object found under a serving soldier's car in County Armagh was not an explosive device. | |
The soldier discovered the object under her vehicle at Corbracky Road, Portadown, on Friday afternoon and called police. | |
Bomb disposal officers were called and a controlled explosion was carried out. | |
Police said on Saturday that the object had been accidentally left attached to the underside of the vehicle following a recent service. | |
In a statement, Supt Simon Walls said: "The object found under the car in Corbracky Road was categorically not an explosive device of any description." | |
Army Technical Officers (ATO) were called to examine a "suspicious object" on Corbracky Road on Friday afternoon. | |
Sources told the BBC they believed the object was a booby-trap bomb. | Sources told the BBC they believed the object was a booby-trap bomb. |
A controlled explosion was carried out at about 16:45 GMT and a police spokesman later confirmed the object was not explosive. | A controlled explosion was carried out at about 16:45 GMT and a police spokesman later confirmed the object was not explosive. |
A number of residents who had to leave their homes during the alert were later allowed to return. |