Issue Date: 27/03/2025
During the course of a planned search operation, Gardaí discovered a number of suspect devices at a residence in Gorey, Co. Wexford earlier today, Thursday 27th March 2025.
The search operation was targeting criminal activity in the Wexford / Wicklow Division.
Gardaí immediately established a cordon. The Irish Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal team which attended the scene conducted a controlled explosion on the viable suspect devices.
A suspect firearm, along with a large quantity of ammunition, was also seized during the operation and will be sent for technical examination by the Ballistics Section of the Garda Technical Bureau.
A quantity of suspected cocaine was seized during the search, pending analysis.
A woman, aged her 30s, was arrested at the scene and is currently detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 at a Garda Station in the south-east.
The scene is currently being held for technical examination.
Investigations are ongoing.
