Issue Date: 3rd April 2022
Gardaí have seized a firearm and arrested and charged one man following an operation in Co. Kildare targeting organised criminal activity.
As part of ongoing investigations into organised criminal activity in the north Kildare and Dublin area, an intelligence led operation was conducted by Eastern Regional Garda Units, Dublin Regional Garda Units and the Leixlip Detective Unit on Saturday, 02 April 2022.
In the course of the operation a car was stopped and searched in the Kilcock area. A double barrel sawn off shotgun was recovered from the car. The sole occupant of the car, a man in his 20s, was arrested and detained at Leixlip Garda Station under section 30 of the Offences against the State Act, 1939, for questioning.
The man has since been charged and is expected to appear before a sitting of Naas District Court on 04 April 2022 in connection with this investigation.
The firearm has been sent for ballistic and forensic examination.
Investigations are ongoing.
