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Gardaí uncover loaded gun with fitted silencer in Blanchardstown

Published 12:27 29 May 2019 BST

Rudi Kinsella
Gardaí uncover loaded gun with fitted silencer in Blanchardstown

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The gun was uncovered on Tuesday evening.

On Tuesday evening, 28 May, Gardaí uncovered a loaded gun in a wooded area of Blanchardstown, along with bullets and a silencer. As part of ongoing investigations targeting organised criminal activity in north west Dublin, Garda units based in Blanchardstown and Finglas conducted a search of a wooded area off Waterville Road, Dublin 15. During the course of the search, a loaded firearm and silencer was recovered. The firearm, a Makarov handgun with a fitted silencer, along with seven bullets, have been sent for ballistic and forensic examination. Searches in the area are continuing and inquiries are ongoing. gun blanchardstown

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Gardaí uncover loaded gun with fitted silencer in Blanchardstown