Two people are due to appear in court this Monday morning in connection with the seizure of multiple firearms and ammunition over the weekend.
On Friday, Gardaí attached to the Blanchardstown District stopped a car on the Old Navan Road in Dublin 15.
Two occupants of the car were found to be in possession of a pistol and ammunition. The firearm and ammunition were seized by investigating gardaí with a man, aged in his 20s, and a woman, aged in her 30s, arrested at the scene.
Follow-up searches were conducted at two addresses in the Dublin Region on Friday and Saturday. During the course of these searches, two more firearms were seized including a submachine gun, a sawn-off shotgun, as well as ammunition.
All three seized firearms and ammunition are subject to analysis by the Ballistics Section of the Garda National Technical Bureau.
The woman (30s) and man (20s) arrested as part of this investigation have been charged and are expected to appear before Blanchardstown District Court this morning, Monday, at the 10:30am sitting.
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