Latvian man sentenced for selling illegal weapons

A Latvian man resident in Swords who placed an advert to sell his illegally held pistols has been given a 18 month sentence and fined €300 by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Pavels Samosjuks (aged 23) advertised in a Russian language newspaper to sell blank firing pistols he brought in his luggage from his homeland and his fellow Latvian, Ivars Bobins (aged 27) bought a pistol from him for €350.