Man found with Uzi found guilty of firearms charge

A 29 year-old man who was caught with an Uzi submachine gun during a garda chase was today found guilty of firearms and ammunition offences by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

James Martin Cahill, formerly of Birmingham but now of no fixed abode, had denied the unlawful possession of a 9mm parabelum Uzi submachine gun and 15 rounds of 9mm ammunition on March 21, 2003 at Garter's Lane, Saggart Co Dublin, contrary to s27A of the Firearms Act.