Two machine guns and ammunition were seized in a raid on a premises in Matt Talbot CourtA 48-year-old man, considered a "nobody" in terms of organised crime, remained in garda custody last night, being questioned about the seizure of two machine guns. The suspect was arrested in the Matt Talbot Court area of the north inner city on Thursday night as part of a massive ongoing investigation into the Kinahan cartel. "In the course of investigations being undertaken relating to organised and serious crime, personnel attached to the garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau searched a premises located in Dublin's north inner city," a spokesman said. "In the course of this search, two firearms, believed to be machine guns, and a quantity of ammunition were located and seized. Assistant Commissioner John O'Driscoll, who heads Organised and Serious Crime, said: "An Garda Siochana, through Organised and Serious Crime and the garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau in particular, continues in its unrelenting determination to take lethal firearms off the streets of Ireland in its ongoing efforts to keep people safe".

Source: The Herald July 18, 2020 01:30 UTC