Ballymoney security alert ends
Army Technical Officers have finished at the scene and a controlled explosion has been carried out on a viable device. The object has been taken away or further forensic examinations.
It is believed that the object may have been a pipe bomb.
Residents who had been evacuated during the incident have now been allowed to return to their homes.
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