Man was given gun and bullets in 'swift handover'

A Louth man was given a box containing a pistol and bullets in a “very swift handover” in a carpark in Dundalk, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Eugene Kelly (aged 42), Ashling Park, Cox’s Demesne, Dundalk, Co Louth has pleaded not guilty to possession of a 9mm parabellum calibre Glock model 26 semi-automatic pistol and fifty rounds of 9mm parabellum calibre ammunition at Castletown Rd, Dundalk, Co Louth on July 19 last year.