Two arrested after drugs and firearm seizure under Operation Tara in Dublin

The search was conducted by the local drugs unit under Operation Tara. 

The seized firearm and drugs taken today as part of a national operation targeting street dealing. Picture: Gardaí

Gardaí have seized a machine gun and arrested two men, one of them aged in his late teens, in an operation in west Dublin.

Detectives are examining if the firearm is linked with a notorious crime gang in the Finglas and wider north Dublin area.