Man held after drugs and bomb equipment seized

A MAN was being questioned by detectives yesterday after bomb-making equipment and drugs were discovered during an early morning raid.

Components to make four pipe bombs and €75,000 worth of heroin were seized at a house in Paul Street near Smithfield in the Dublin city centre.

A 20-year-old man was later arrested for drug trafficking offences and taken to Store Street Garda Station. He can be held for seven days.