Suspected device made safe after East Belfast security alert

A suspected device has been found and made safe following a security alert in East Belfast.

Police and ammunition technical officers attended the scene in Dee Street in the East of the city after a suspicious object was discovered.

The alert has now ended and a PSNI spokesman said a viable device has been taken away for further examination.

A suspected device located during a proactive search at a property in the area.

A number of other items, including a quantity of suspected class B drugs, were also recovered during the search by officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force investigating the activities of the West Belfast UDA.

A man aged 31 and a woman aged 33 have been arrested under the Terrorism Act and remain in police custody this evening.

Two further linked searches took place at properties in south Belfast and east Belfast, where a number of other items including a small quantity of class B drugs and electronics, were seized.

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