Man charged after crash sparks security alert in East Belfast

A man has been charged after a car crashed close to a police station in Belfast.

The crash sparked a secuirty alert in the area and and a number of homes close to the station were evacuated following the collision, which involved one vehicle.

The 49-year-old was arrested following the incident at Castlereagh station on Alexander Road in the early hours of Monday.

He has been charged with attempted criminal damage, criminal damage, driving without due care and attention, failing to provide a specimen while driving unfit and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.

Army bomb experts examined the vehicle but nothing untoward was found, a PSNI spokesman said.

He is to appear before Belfast Magistrates' Court on May 26.

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