AK-47 and ninja stars among weapons seized

A haul of almost 600 illegal and dangerous weapons has been seized by Customs this year, with an AK-47, a sub-machine gun, ninja-style throwing stars, and samurai swords among the most lethal.

The Revenue Commissioners revealed that officers made 165 seizures up to mid-December, with 596 weapons prevented from reaching the streets.

The most deadly haul was recovered in May and included the AK-47 assault rifle, sub-machine gun, an automatic rifle, a bolt-action rifle, a pistol, and three magazines of ammunition. The cache came into the country from Germany and was valued at €1,137.