A loaded sawn-off shotgun has been seized in west Dublin.
Two men have been arrested, after gardai intercepted a vehicle on the Ballyowen Road in Lucan yesterday evening, as part of an ongoing operation into organised crime.
The gun was found during a search of the vehicle and the occupants, aged 41 and 22, are being questioned at Ronanstown Garda Station where they can be held for up to three days.
Organised Crime
Gardai say: "On Monday, 16th August 2021, in the course of an ongoing intelligence led investigation undertaken by the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau, supported by the Special Crime Task Force, involving the targeting of organised crime activity in the Dublin Metropolitan Region have seized a firearm and arrested two men."
Assistant Commissioner John O’Driscoll, who heads Organised and Serious Crime within the Garda Síochána said: "This was another successful operation undertaken by the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau, assisted by other units, including the Special Crime Task Force and Emergency Response Unit, which has potential to prevent threat to life or serious injury, arising from the seizure of a loaded firearm."
