DETECTIVES from the PSNI’s Criminal Investigation Branch have arrested a 39-year-old man under the Terrorism Act following a search of a property in Belfast yesterday, Monday, February 26. 

Detective Inspector Michael McDonnell said: “A planned search was carried out at an address in the Mill Avenue area of Ligoniel yesterday evening.

“This search was in connection with a viable pipe bomb that was discovered during a security alert in the Antrim Road area of north Belfast on Monday, 6th November, 2017.

“A number of items were seized during yesterday’s search and taken away for forensic examination. 

“A 39-year-old man arrested under the Terrorism Act has been released unconditionally.”