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15/01/2010
Three Held After Finglas Weapons Raid
Three men have been arrested and a cache of arms recovered after a raid on a house in Finglas, Dublin.
Officers from the Gardaí National Drug Unit and Organised Crime Unit discovered 600 rounds of ammunition and a handgun silencer and arrested the three people in an apartment in Premier Square, Finglas yesterday evening.
The three people - two females aged 27 and 30 years and a male of 30years - were arrested and are being detained in Finglas Garda station.
Gardaí said the ammunition was suitable for four handguns and the silencer is believed to be for a glock magazine.
The news comes after Police in Co Tyrone launched an appeal for information after shots were fired at a house in Dungannon last night.
Shortly after 10pm the volley of shots were fired through the back door of a house in the Lisnahull Gardens area of the town.
No one was injured in the attack.
A PSNI spokeswoman said a number of items have been removed from the house for further investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police in Dungannon.
(DW/BMcC)
Officers from the Gardaí National Drug Unit and Organised Crime Unit discovered 600 rounds of ammunition and a handgun silencer and arrested the three people in an apartment in Premier Square, Finglas yesterday evening.
The three people - two females aged 27 and 30 years and a male of 30years - were arrested and are being detained in Finglas Garda station.
Gardaí said the ammunition was suitable for four handguns and the silencer is believed to be for a glock magazine.
The news comes after Police in Co Tyrone launched an appeal for information after shots were fired at a house in Dungannon last night.
Shortly after 10pm the volley of shots were fired through the back door of a house in the Lisnahull Gardens area of the town.
No one was injured in the attack.
A PSNI spokeswoman said a number of items have been removed from the house for further investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police in Dungannon.
(DW/BMcC)
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