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GARDAÍ HAVE SEIZED two loaded handguns in a number of searches targeting gangland activity in west Dublin.
The two loaded guns were found when gardaí raided a number of properties in the Shancastle Park area of Clondalkin.
Armed gardaí from the Emergency Response Unit and the Armed Support Unit supported local gardaí in the searches, which were carried out shortly after 6pm yesterday.
Gardaí say the firearms were discovered wrapped in cling film at the back of one of houses. Both guns were made safe and were sent to the Garda Technical Bureau for ballistic examination.
Three men aged in their 20s were arrested during the operation and are being held in garda stations in west Dublin. They can be detained for up to 24 hours without a court extension.
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It’s about time they clamped down on this wanton use of single use plastics well done gardai.
@James Wallace: best comment ever
@James Wallace:
Haha. As punishment they’ll be ordered to wrap them in cardboard from now on.
Well done to the gards, but I’m still waiting for the day when these scrotes that are arrested during gun seizures, they are sent down for at least 5 years, rather than the usual released without charge, file prepared for the blah blah blah.
@Uncle Montys oaf: That’s unfair those lads are as curious as to where those gun’s came from as the Garda are
@Uncle Montys oaf: Tell it to the journalists so, since they’re the ones not reporting the subsequent court cases that arise from arrests.
The recovery of such weapons is a very serious issue. What is their intended use? Would it possibly be to control the recreational drugs market? How are such weapons affecting wider Irish society? Remember it always harms someone THINK BEFORE YOU BUY http://www.thinkbeforeyoubuy.ie
@Think Before You Buy: it’s Friday!!!!! I’m going to buy some tonight
It’s just a pebble in the ocean legalized gun control is best because well in Dublin it’s at most takes anyone an hour to get one so it’s not solving anything
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