Police find 'viable rocket launcher' during alert

Police have discovered a rocket launcher and other “terrorist-related articles” in Co Antrim.

The weapon was found at Budore Road in the village of Dundrod, following a search operation which began on Sunday afternoon.

Police said roads were closed overnight to ensure the public were safe and bomb experts were sent to the scene to remove the objects for examinations.

Detective Inspector David Lowans of the PSNI’s Serious Crime Branch said: “Our investigation is at an early stage however we now believe that the improvised rocket launcher has been in the Budore Road area for between three to four weeks.

“We have also established the launcher was viable which demonstrates that whoever left it there had no regard for who might come across it.”