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Page last updated at 10:23 GMT, Friday, 22 May 2009 11:23 UK
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Controlled explosion on package

Hardcastle Street
Hardcastle Street, off the Dublin Road has been reopened

A suspicious package that was found in Belfast city centre has been declared a hoax.

Police were called to Hardcastle Street, off the Dublin Road on Friday morning when a package was discovered underneath a car.

They closed the road and carried out a controlled explosion on the package.

Hardcastle Street has now been reopened.



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