Army technical officers have made safe an explosive device following an intelligence-led PSNI operation.

The device was found at a house in Crozier Park, Lurgan, during a planned search by police investigating serious crime.

A number of residents were moved from their homes for a time while security forces examined the object.

A police spokesman later said it was found to be a “viable explosive type device”, and it was taken away for further examination.

He said searches of the property at the centre of the alert were ongoing.