A SNIFFER dog investigating cargo in the port of Nice sparked reports of a bomb being loaded onto a luxury cruise liner.

Despite The Sun Online reporting that French police had swooped on the bustling port the initial reports from France turned out to be a false alarm.

1 Reports of a bomb being loaded onto the Azamara Quest turned out to be false (file picture)

Officials representing luxury liner Azamara Quest have confirmed that the minor incident was in fact standard procedure which did not delay the boarding process.

The luxury liner was sailing from Barcelona and stopped off in Nice before heading to the Italian coastal town of Portafino.

This comes amid the heightened terrorism threat across Europe following the three attacks in the UK over the past two months.

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And one of the biggest atrocities committed in recent times was the devastating truck attack in Nice on July 14, 2016.

Tunisian-born Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel killed 86 innocent people when he drove a truck into revellers who were enjoying Bastille Day celebrations in the coastal city.

The ISIS-inspired maniac injured hundreds more before being gunned down by cops.

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