Residents have been evacuated in a security alert in Ballymena, County Antrim.

Police are at the scene in the Moorfields Road area of the town.

Two homes have been affected.

Members of the public, including drivers, are being advised to avoid the area.

A cordon has been erected at an entrance along the main road from Ballymena to Moorefields village.

The scene is close to the roundabout outside Ballymena and the entrance leads to a row of houses.

The precise location of the security alert cannot be seen from the the police cordon along the main road.