Houses evacuated after suspicious objects found in Tyrone and Co Down

Police are at the scene of two security alerts on Friday.

In the first, a suspicious object was found at a property in County Tyrone.

Officers received reports of a suspicious object at a house on the Gortgonis Road, Coalisland on Friday, 19 January.

A number of nearby houses have been evacuated and the public asked to avoid the area at this time.

In a separate incident, police are at the scene of a suspicious object in the Windmill Avenue area of Ballynahinch. Loughside Drive is closed between Windmill Avenue and Tudor Oaks. A number of houses have been evacuated and again police are asking members of the public to avoid the area.

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