Three arrested after sawn-off shotgun seized in Dublin

Three people are currently detained at Garda stations in the Dublin Region. File picture: Eddie O'Hare

Three people have been arrested after a Garda search in the early hours of Thursday morning resulted in the seizure of a sawn-off shotgun.

Officers were on patrol in the Crumlin area of Dublin at around 12.45am when they observed a car which drove off when they saw gardaí.