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20/08/2014
L'Derry Alert Follows Vehicle Hijacking
Police have announced a security alert in L'Derry after masked men ordered a lorry driver to take an object to Strand Road police station.
The lorry was stopped on Wednesday at about 12:30 in the Galliagh area as the driver was making a delivery to Ederowen Park.
Two men put an object on board the vehicle and ordered the man to bring it to the police station.
The lorry was then stopped at Buncrana Road and police are attending the scene.
(IT/MH)
The lorry was stopped on Wednesday at about 12:30 in the Galliagh area as the driver was making a delivery to Ederowen Park.
Two men put an object on board the vehicle and ordered the man to bring it to the police station.
The lorry was then stopped at Buncrana Road and police are attending the scene.
(IT/MH)
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