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02/03/2009
Donegal Gardaí In Crackdown
A gun has been recovered and three men have been arrested for questioning about crime in west Donegal.
The men, aged between 18 and 22 years, were held at three separate locations in the greater Bunbeg area on Sunday afternoon.
A shotgun and a pistol were also recovered. Gardaí said the arrests were part of an investigation into crime in west Donegal.
Two men are being questioned in Milford and the other is in Letterkenny.
The development follows the discovery of an arms cache earlier near the border with Northern Ireland.
Gardaí recovered two suspected pipe bombs, four pistols, two revolvers and two sawn-off shotguns in Carrigans near Londonderry on Saturday.
On Friday, the post office in Carrigans was robbed by armed men.
(BMcC/JM)
The men, aged between 18 and 22 years, were held at three separate locations in the greater Bunbeg area on Sunday afternoon.
A shotgun and a pistol were also recovered. Gardaí said the arrests were part of an investigation into crime in west Donegal.
Two men are being questioned in Milford and the other is in Letterkenny.
The development follows the discovery of an arms cache earlier near the border with Northern Ireland.
Gardaí recovered two suspected pipe bombs, four pistols, two revolvers and two sawn-off shotguns in Carrigans near Londonderry on Saturday.
On Friday, the post office in Carrigans was robbed by armed men.
(BMcC/JM)
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