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15/05/2023
Fresh Appeal For Information On Omagh Security Alert
The PSNI's Terrorism Investigation Unit have issued a fresh appeal for information on a security alert in Omagh last weekend.
At around 10pm on Saturday 06 May, police received a report of a hijacking in which three masked men held the driver of a silver-coloured Volkswagen Golf at gunpoint on the Fireagh Road, just off the Dromore Road.
The men placed a suspicious object in the car, and forced the driver to drive to the Derry Road and abandon the car outside Omagh Police Station.
Two men arrested the next day were released following questioning. And the object, after forensic examination, was declared an elaborate hoax.
Renewing an appeal for information, Detective Inspector Wilson said: "As you can imagine, this has been a totally harrowing ordeal for the driver, and indeed distressing for those who had to be evacuated from their homes.
"Our investigation continues and I am appealing to anyone with information, or who may have captured dash cam footage, to please come forward."
Contact detectives on 101, quoting reference number 2015 of 06/05/2023, or alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.
Information, including CCTV and dash cam footage, can also be provided to police through the Major Incident Public Portal at mipp.police.uk/operation/PSNI23B02-PO1.
At around 10pm on Saturday 06 May, police received a report of a hijacking in which three masked men held the driver of a silver-coloured Volkswagen Golf at gunpoint on the Fireagh Road, just off the Dromore Road.
The men placed a suspicious object in the car, and forced the driver to drive to the Derry Road and abandon the car outside Omagh Police Station.
Two men arrested the next day were released following questioning. And the object, after forensic examination, was declared an elaborate hoax.
Renewing an appeal for information, Detective Inspector Wilson said: "As you can imagine, this has been a totally harrowing ordeal for the driver, and indeed distressing for those who had to be evacuated from their homes.
"Our investigation continues and I am appealing to anyone with information, or who may have captured dash cam footage, to please come forward."
Contact detectives on 101, quoting reference number 2015 of 06/05/2023, or alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.
Information, including CCTV and dash cam footage, can also be provided to police through the Major Incident Public Portal at mipp.police.uk/operation/PSNI23B02-PO1.
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