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21/10/2010
'Weapon' Seized In Shopping Centre
A man has been arrested in Tallaght in connection with the possession of a replica firearm.
Gardai in Tallaght said the arrest was made by officers responding to a call at approximately 11.30am yesterday morning.
Officers were alerted to suspicious activity outside a premises at Castletymon Shopping Centre, Tallaght, leading to the arrest of a 29-year-old male and the seizure of an imitation firearm.
The male was brought to Tallaght Garda station where he is being detained under he provisions of Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 as amended.
Meanwhile, Gardai have also seized cannabis plants following a search of a house at Grangewoood, Rathfarnham, in Dublin 16.
Gardaí said that on Wednesday afternoon, Gardai searched a house in the Grangewood area where they discovered that all four bedrooms of the house were being used to cultivate cannabis plants.
In total, Gardie said they had discovered 529 plants, which subject to analysis may have a street value in excess of €200,000.
The house was empty at the time of the search and no arrests have been made. A technical examination of the house in being carried out and the operation is ongoing.
(DW)
Gardai in Tallaght said the arrest was made by officers responding to a call at approximately 11.30am yesterday morning.
Officers were alerted to suspicious activity outside a premises at Castletymon Shopping Centre, Tallaght, leading to the arrest of a 29-year-old male and the seizure of an imitation firearm.
The male was brought to Tallaght Garda station where he is being detained under he provisions of Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 as amended.
Meanwhile, Gardai have also seized cannabis plants following a search of a house at Grangewoood, Rathfarnham, in Dublin 16.
Gardaí said that on Wednesday afternoon, Gardai searched a house in the Grangewood area where they discovered that all four bedrooms of the house were being used to cultivate cannabis plants.
In total, Gardie said they had discovered 529 plants, which subject to analysis may have a street value in excess of €200,000.
The house was empty at the time of the search and no arrests have been made. A technical examination of the house in being carried out and the operation is ongoing.
(DW)
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