Gardaí attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), supported by the Special Crime Task Force (SCTF) have charged the woman (49 years) in relation to the firearms and drugs seizure that occurred on Thursday 18th July, 2019.
The woman was arrested at a premises located on Greenhills Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24 and was detained at Tallaght Garda Station under Section 30, Offences Against the State Act, 1939.
She is due to appear this morning, Saturday 20th July, 2019 at Criminal Courts of Justice, Court Number 2 at 10.30a.m. charged in relation to this seizure.
Garda Press Office.
On Thursday, 18th July 2019, while engaging in an ongoing intelligence led investigations targeting organised crime activity in the Dublin Metropolitan Region, officers attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), supported by the Special Crime Task Force (SCTF), searched a premises located in the Greenhills Road area of Tallaght, Dublin 24.
In the course of this search operation, two (2) semi-automatic .22 calibre pistols and twenty (20) rounds of .22 ammunition, were seized, along with a large quantity of cannabis, cocaine and diazepam tablets with an estimated total street value of in excess of €1 million (subject to completion of forensic analysis).
Subsequently, a female, aged 49, was arrested under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939, as amended.
The prisoner is currently detained at Tallaght Garda Station, under the provisions of Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939.
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