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Man charged over Belfast bomb hoax

PSNI - Man due before Belfast court this morning
PSNI - Man due before Belfast court this morning

A 39-year-old man has been charged with two offences relating to the security operation in the Oldpark area of north Belfast which ended yesterday.

A PSNI spokesman said the man had been charged with communicating false information causing a bomb hoax, and with purporting to be a member of a proscribed organisation.

The man appeared before Belfast Magistrates' Court this morning.