Man jailed for Uzi possession

A Co. Armagh man who was caught with an Uzi submachine gun in Dundalk was sentenced to seven and a half years' imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Patrick Wall (aged 43), of Dromintee Road, Dromintee, Co. Armagh pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of a 9mm Israeli-made micro Uzi submachine gun and three magazines at Long Walk, Dundalk, Co Louth on April 9 last year.