Old wartime device sparks security alert in Ballintoy

Army Technical Officers have carried out a controlled explosion after an old wartime type device washed up along a north Antrim beach.

The north Antrim security alert was sparked this morning after the wartime device was found on Tuesday night on the beach at Whitepark Bay.

Police and Coastguard at the scene of a security alert at Whitepark Bayplaceholder image
Police and Coastguard at the scene of a security alert at Whitepark Bay

A PSNI spokesman said Army Technical Officers confirmed “the item to be an old wartime type mine”.

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