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Three arrested after viable device found in Co Antrim

PSNI officer on duty
PSNI were alerted to the suspicious in Glenarm on Monday morning (File image)

Three people have been arrested after a viable device was discovered in Glenarm, Co Antrim.

The PSNI said they received a report of a suspicious device in the Feystown Road area just after 10am yesterday.

Ammunition technical officers carried out a controlled explosion and the PSNI said it has "been deemed as a viable device".

Three people were arrested at the scene.

Two men aged 43 and 47 were arrested on suspicion of doing an act with intent to cause an explosion likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property and obstructing police.

Both men remain in police custody.

A woman in her 70s was arrested on suspicion of obstructing police, she has since been released to be reported to the Public Prosecution Service.