Gardaí seize arms and drugs in raid

GARDAÍ yesterday seized firearms and a large quantity of drugs in a planned search of a Traveller’s site in west Dublin.

Officers found two sawn-off shotguns, an imitation handgun and up to 5kgs of cannabis, with an estimated street value of around €15,000.

The raid at St Philomena’s Court in Ballycoolin, a settled Traveller site, was carried out by detectives attached to Blanchardstown Garda Station as part of Operation Anvil.