Three men aged in their 20s, 40s and 50s were arrested after gardaí stopped two cars in the Artane area and seized a gun.

A high-level Irish-British police operation has hit a massive drug-smuggling operation involving a “major Turkish supplier”, Ireland’s biggest heroin trafficking gang, and a Dublin man known in celebrity circles.

Investigations are ongoing, nationally and internationally.

Garda bosses say the “unprecedented” number of gangland convictions in the courts in the last fortnight highlights the “unrelenting” approach of State agencies to tackling organised crime.

A revamp of senior garda ranks is expected tomorrow with Commissioner Drew Harris to announce appointments and a management reshuffle.

The Garda Commissioner has announced the appointments of 11 newly-promoted senior officers and the transfer of seven Garda bosses, in a major reshuffle of top brass.

A TOTAL of 22 Garda inspectors, including three women, have been promoted to the rank of superintendent and assigned to new stations.

THE dignified composure of the family of Celine Cawley finally cracked as her brother Chris tearfully bid her farewell with the words: “Celine, we love you.”

An inquest into the death of a man gunned down in a gangland murder more than two years ago was today adjourned after gardai revealed further arrests had been made.