Cookstown security alert ends as object declared 'nothing untoward'

A number of cordons were in place and the public had been asked to avoid the area. Credit: PA

A security alert in Co Tyrone has ended.

Officers were called following the discovery of a suspicious object in the Coagh Street area of Cookstown on Monday evening.

The object was located and has been declared as nothing untoward.

Officers conducted a public safety operation in the area and a suspicious object located has been declared as nothing untoward.

All roads have now reopened.A number of cordons were in place and the public had been asked to avoid the area.

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