11/06/2012

Two Arrested After Explosives Find

Two men are being held in Castlebar Garda station after a raid in a house in Mayo on Saturday found explosives and component parts for bomb-making.

The two men, one in his late 20s and the other in his 30s, were arrested at the scene and detained in Castlebar station under section 30 of the Offences against the State Act.

An Army team attended the scene and the house was sealed off for the purposes of technical and forensic examination.

The raid was part of an investigation into dissident republican activity in the west of Ireland.

A Garda spokesman said last night that the Mayo investigation was ongoing.

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