Issue Date: 21/01/2025
While conducting a routine checkpoint in Tralee, Co. Kerry, Gardaí from the Kerry Roads Policing Unit stopped a vehicle at approximately 10:30pm last night Monday, 20th January 2025.
The driver failed a roadside drug test, leading Gardaí to search the vehicle. Three firearms and a large quantity of ammunition have been seized which are now subject to full ballistic examination.
The vehicle was taken to Castleisland Garda Station for forensic examination.
Two men in their late teens have been arrested and conveyed to a Garda Station in the county. They are currently being detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939.
This investigation is ongoing.
