Issue Date: 21st December 2023
Gardaí attached to Rathfarnham Garda station arrested one man and seized a firearm in the early hours of this morning Thursday 21st December, 2023.
At approximately, 12.30am this morning Gardaí in uniform responded to reports of a disturbance in Stocking Lane, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 and on arrival observed a man carrying a firearm. The man was approaching Gardaí and then proceeded to discard the firearm over a wall and run from the scene.
The man, aged 20 years, was arrested a short distance away and the firearm was recovered by the uniform Gardaí. The man was conveyed to a Garda station in South Dublin where he is currently detained under Section 30 Offences Against the State Act, 1939.
Investigations are ongoing.
