Issue Date: 28th April 2025
During the course of a planned search operation, Gardaí seized two firearms and ammunition at a residence in Ballinasloe, Co Galway, earlier today, Monday 28th April 2025. The search at Woodlawn was part of an ongoing operation targeting criminal activity in the Galway Division and surrounding areas.
Gardaí recovered two firearms, ammunition and a cocaine press.
The firearms have been forwarded for a technical examination by the Ballistics Section of the Garda Technical Bureau.
A man aged in his 40s was arrested and is currently being detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939.
Investigation ongoing.
