Two people arrested after guns and ammunition seized in Dublin
Michael Bolton
Two people have been arrested after guns and ammunition were seized in Dublin.
On Friday afternoon, gardaí attached to the Blanchardstown District stopped a car on the Old Navan Road in Dublin 15.
Two occupants of the car were found to be in possession of a pistol and ammunition. The firearm and ammunition were seized by investigating gardaí.
A man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s were arrested at the scene and are currently detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939, at a Garda station in Dublin.
Follow-up searches were conducted at two addresses in the Dublin Region on Friday evening and Saturday morning. .
During the course of these searches, two more firearms were seized by investigating gardaí including a submachine gun, sawn-off shotgun, as well as ammunition.
All three seized firearms and ammunition are subject to analysis by the Ballistics Section of the Garda National Technical Bureau.
All three weapons are being examined to see if they can be linked to the deadly attack in Blanchardstown last Christmas, or a separate dispute among crime gangs in the city.
Gardaí say investigations are ongoing.
