04/12/2007

Arrests Follow Limerick Firearms Seizure

Two people have been arrested after three firearms were discovered during a search of houses in Limerick city on Monday.

The houses in O'Malley Park in the Southill area were searched on Monday and it is understood that a rifle, a sawn-off shotgun and a full-length shotgun were recovered.

Two people, a woman in her 30s and a 17-year-old man, have been arrested and are being held at Roxboro Garda Station.

(KMcA)


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