22/05/2019

Two Men Arrested In Connection With Firearm Seizure

Gardaí have arrested two men and recovered a firearm in an intelligence-led operation in Dublin.

Officers from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Special Crime Task Force carried out a search operation at a residence in Ballyfermot on Tuesday night. A firearm was recovered at the residence.

Two men, aged 47 and 52, were detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against The State Act 39/98 and remain in custody at Ballyfermot Garda Station.


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