Weapons and fake jacket found in search, court told

Gardaí recovered a CS gas canister, a stun gun, pick-axe handles, balaclavas and a fake garda jacket after five men seen acting suspiciously by an off duty Special Branch officer were arrested in Bray, the Special Criminal Court in Dublin was told today.

The court heard that gardaí found four of the men seated on the floor of a transit van and two of them were dressed in fake garda uniforms.