Two arrested after guns found

Gardaí investigating the activities of dissident republicans arrested two men in Dublin last night..

Gardaí investigating the activities of dissident republicans arrested two men in Dublin last night. .

The pair - aged in their 20s and 40s - were detained after the seizure of guns and ammunition in a house in the south inner city.

A Garda spokesman said: “As part of a planned operation detectives from the special detective unit carried out a search of a house in the south inner city area of Dublin.

“During the search three firearms and an assortment of ammunition - subject to technical examination - were recovered.”

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The men are being detained under section 30 of the Offences against the State Act at Shankill and Kevin Street Garda stations.

The Garda investigation is ongoing.

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