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A firearm seized in this morning's searches Garda Press Office

Shotgun, drugs and motorbikes seized in Finglas following suspected pipe-bomb drone attack

The searches were carried out this morning with support from armed gardaí.

GARDAÍ HAVE SEIZED a pump-action shotgun, four motorcycles, a tracking device and a quantity of drugs following searches at residences in the Finglas area of Dublin. 

The searches were carried out this morning with support from armed gardaí, following an incident in which a suspected piepe bomb was flown into a house in the area using a drone last Monday. 

Gardaí said approximately €10,000 worth of suspected cannabis and €4,200 worth of heroin were seized in today’s searches. 

They also seized ammunition for the shotgun, as well as “phones and other technology as evidence”. 

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