A suspicious suitcase found on the side of northern Nicosia’s arterial Dereboyu avenue on Thursday evening was not a bomb, police determined, after carrying out an intervention into the matter.

Police were called after a suitcase was spotted near the southern end of Dereboyu avenue, near the Pronto roundabout, at around 7.30pm.

Bomb disposal teams were deployed to the scene and the area surrounding the suitcase was cordoned off.

The bomb disposal teams then investigated the suitcase and found it to contain no explosive materials. It in fact contained clothes and other personal items.

Their investigation into the matter is ongoing.