The army has confirmed that a viable explosive device was found in the Downings/Carrigart area this morning.
The alarm was raised in the early hours of this morning after the pipe-bomb type device was found close to a residential property.
The property is owned by a high profile businessman.
Army bomb disposal have now left the scene having made the device safe.
Captain Donal Gallagher says the device had the ability to cause injury:
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