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06/01/2010
Bomb Probe Gardaí Contact Slovak Authorities
Gardaí have announced they have been in contact with Slovak authorities over yesterday's arrest of a man in connection with the recovery of an explosives find.
The man, who is believed to be Slovakian, was been arrested after a small quantity of high-grade commercial explosives was found at an apartment in Dublin's Dorset St.
He has since been released without charge.
Residents from nearby buildings had to be evacuated and Dorset St was closed both ways as Army Bomb Disposal Experts were called to the scene. The man, aged in his 40s was being questioned at Mountjoy Garda Station and held under the Offences Against the State act.
A gardaí spokesman said this morning: "An Garda Siochana is in ongoing contact with law enforcement authorities in Slovakia regarding this matter and the Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has appointed Detective Chief Superintendent Martin McLaughlin to establish the full background to this incident."
(DW/BMcC)
The man, who is believed to be Slovakian, was been arrested after a small quantity of high-grade commercial explosives was found at an apartment in Dublin's Dorset St.
He has since been released without charge.
Residents from nearby buildings had to be evacuated and Dorset St was closed both ways as Army Bomb Disposal Experts were called to the scene. The man, aged in his 40s was being questioned at Mountjoy Garda Station and held under the Offences Against the State act.
A gardaí spokesman said this morning: "An Garda Siochana is in ongoing contact with law enforcement authorities in Slovakia regarding this matter and the Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has appointed Detective Chief Superintendent Martin McLaughlin to establish the full background to this incident."
(DW/BMcC)
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