Man found with 'arsenal' of guns gets five years

A cocaine addict found with "a veritable arsenal" of guns and ammunition on the M50 has been given a five year sentence by Judge Donagh McDonagh at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Ciaran Hanlon was under surveillance by gardaí while he drove a stolen car from Dublin to Edenderry, County Offaly, where he was seen loading the lethal cache, and then back to Dublin before the gardaí stopped him on the Blanchardstown slip road off the M50 on March 17, 2005.