Gun powder, ammunition and pipe bombs seized in organised crime investigation

The army bomb disposal unit safely removed two improvised explosive devices and other materials used for the manufacture of explosives.
Gun powder, ammunition and pipe bombs seized in organised crime investigation

The pipe bombs were seized as part of a search operation last night. File picture. 

Two pipe bombs have been seized along with gun powder and a large quantity of firearms ammunition. 

At 11pm last night gardaí attached to the Louth Divisional Drugs Unit carried out a search of a house in Drogheda, Co Louth.

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