Five held and illegal firearms seized in garda raids

Five men were arrested and several unlicensed firearms have been seized following a garda-led blitz in Cork.

Gardaí, working with Revenue and Customs officers and officials from the Department of Social Protection and the environment section of Cork County Council, led a multi-agency “day of action” in the Macroom division yesterday.

From early morning, gardaí drawn from units including the traffic corps and detective branch were involved in a series of co-ordinated operations across the sprawling garda division.