A VIABLE device was found in a parked car outside a home in the Lagmore area of west Belfast yesterday.
Several people were evacuated from their homes after the device was discovered in a car in the White Rise area shortly before 9am.
A window of the car had been smashed.
Army bomb disposal experts were sent to examine the device. They later found it was viable.
The device was removed for examination.
After a security alert lasting for several hours, residents were allowed to return to their homes.
Police have appealed to anyone with information to contact them on 101.