{"id":675317,"date":"2026-09-06T12:40:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/675317\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T12:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:40:24","slug":"man-arrested-after-police-find-viable-device-during-co-armagh-security-alert-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/675317\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after police find viable device during Co Armagh security alert \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A man has ben arrested following a security alert in Co Armagh on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers attended a property in the Carrive Road area of Silverbridge shortly after 8.45am and discovered a suspicious device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The area was closed to road users and members of the public, with a number of diversions put in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ammunition technical officers attended the scene, and carried out a controlled explosion on the device, which was deemed to be viable.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/concern-as-historic-belfast-bar-becomes-an-eyesore-amid-growing-deterioration-64T7DTWZLFHKJL2EBT3A4Y4EMM\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Concern as historic Belfast bar becomes an &#x2018;eyesore&#x2019; amid continuing deterioration\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GBAKKDACXREVFFYSE4IWUYUALA.jpeg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/the-derry-family-who-spend-their-nights-helping-those-in-need-SNHLVOKRMVHHLCBPD7O6C4UMNU\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"&#x2018;We have saved a lot of lives&#x2019;: The family walking Derry&#x2019;s streets every night to keep people safe\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/M6THCZNS2RBKNPMSIXCRDPI7YM.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOne man aged in his 20s has been arrested in relation to the incident, and remains in police custody, assisting with enquiries,\u201d a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cRoad closures in the area have now been lifted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cEnquiries are ongoing, and we would appeal to anyone who might have any information which could assist to contact officers via 101, and quote reference number 339 of 05\/09\/26.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has ben arrested following a security alert in Co Armagh on Saturday. Officers attended a property&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[41],"tags":[10613,9,10,237000,13,14,6,11,12,15,16,5,30,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":["post-675317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-armagh","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-crossmaglen","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-psni","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-world","tag-world-news","tag-worldnews"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117224147417615458","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}