UPDATED NEWS: CONTROLLED EXPLOSION ON SUSPECT DEVICE IN NORTH BELFAST

Police securityppicTHE security operation in north Belfast has ended.

A number of homes were evacuated after a suspect device was found.

It was left near the homes of a number of Young Conway Volunteers Flute Band members on the Crumlin Road.

Police dissident republicans were behind the alert.

Police examined a number of items and Army Technical Officers carried out a controlled explosion.

They said nothing untoward was found and the road was reopened shortly after midnight.

Residents were also allowed back into their homes.

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