'˜Elaborate hoax' closed Cookstown to Omagh road late last night

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Police have confirmed that the security alert that closed the Cookstown to Omagh road late last night was an '˜elaborate hoax'.

Army Technical Officers were called to the scene to examine a suspicious object in Creggan at around on Easter Sunday night.

Diversions were put in place after the closure of the main road between the Creggan cross-roads and Garyowen Road.

A spokesperson for the PSNI said this morning that ATO “examined a suspicious object and declared it to be an elaborate hoax”.