On the 7th and 8th of September 2019, personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau supported by local Gardaí conducted a number of intelligence led operations in the Dublin Metropolitan North Division, targeting those involved in serious organised crime.
During the operation, a number of vehicles were intercepted by officers from the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) and a search of a premises and communal area was conducted in the Donaghmede area of Dublin 13.
Two firearms and associated ammunition have been recovered and at approximately 1pm on Sunday, 8th September 2019, a male aged 44 was arrested and is currently detained at Coolock Garda Station in accordance with the provisions of Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act 1939 as amended.
