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Man charged over seizure of firearms and ammunition in Cork
The man, aged in his 60s, appeared before a special sitting of Bandon District Court today.
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The man, aged in his 60s, appeared before a special sitting of Bandon District Court today.
A vehicle was also seized by gardaí for a technical examination.
Gardaí on patrol observed an altercation between individuals on Abbey Street at midnight.
One of the operations took place on open ground in the small town of Cappamore.
Gardaí found a bag containing three handguns, assorted magazines and various ammunition on Monday.
The firearms were found during a search of a premises in Drogheda Town yesterday.
The firearms have been removed from the scene for ballistic and forensic examination.
The incident comes after the two mosque attacks in Christchurch on 15 March.
Gardaí said the weapon and ammunition seized will be forwarded for ballistic testing.
It took several minutes to read out the full charges count because they were so many rounds of different ammunition.
The matter has been put out to tender for the quantity of ammunition to be supplied over a three year period.
Two men have been arrested and three cars have been seized.
Allen Kennedy (31) has been ordered to spend 5.5 years in prison and 5.5 years on licence.
Gardaí made the seizure in September of last year.
The planned search by gardaí related to “dissident republican activity” in the Cork area.
The man was arrested in the Cabra area this morning, a month after the guns were seized.
The car was stopped by gardaí on the Finglas Road yesterday evening.
The 9mm pistol was found in a car yesterday evening.
Ammunition was also found during a search of the car.
A man has been arrested following the discovery in Ballyfermot.
The man is currently detained at Ballyfermot Garda Station.
Assorted ammunition was also found at the premises.
The four men have been given seven to 12 year terms with half spent in prison.
The search of a house in west Tallaght yielded drugs worth €90,000 and a quantity of ammunition.
To date, €2.5 million in cash, €2.5 million worth of drugs, along with firearms, and luxury cars have been uncovered as part of the operation targetting a Dutch drug gang.
The semi-automatic handguns and more than 800 rounds of ammunition were reportedly found buried in the ground.
Bomb ingredients and ammunition were also seized by gardaí following separate raids in Cloghran and Tallaght.
Cocaine worth approximately €21,000 was seized, along with a firearm and ammunition, from a house in Poppintree.
A large amount of ammunition was also recovered from the house in the Kilclare area of Tallaght, Dublin 24, earlier today.
Gardaí say the heroin has an estimated street value of up to €750,000.
In September 2010, detectives incovered large quantity of firearms and ammunition from a workshop at the rear of the man’s home.
The National School on Basin Lane, Dublin 8, was searched by gardaí today following reports of suspicious activity in the school grounds in the last number of days.
Three men have been charged in connection with the seizure and appeared before the Criminal Court today.
One member of the socialist republican group was among four people charged at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin last night.
One man was arrested during a search operation in Northern Cross, Co Dublin this morning.
The badly corroded projectile was found during river drainage works and is thought to have been in the location for a considerable period of time.
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The arrests and seizures are part of an ongoing operation focusing on drug dealers in the capital.