Garda 'intervention' uncovered three AK-47 rifles in boot of IRA member's car, Hutch trial told

On Tuesday, the court heard the three assault rifles found in the car were later matched to cartridges recovered from the Regency Hotel.

Members of the Garda Armed Support Unit at the Special Criminal Court during the trial of Gerry Hutch. Picture: Collins Courts

Three AK-47 assault rifles were found in the boot of a car following "an intervention" by gardaí just a month after Kinahan cartel member David Byrne was fatally shot in the Regency Hotel, the Special Criminal heard on Thursday.

Inspector Padraig Boyce was giving evidence at the trial of Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch (59), last of The Paddocks, Clontarf, Dublin 3, who denies the murder of Kinahan gang member Mr Byrne (33) during a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel on the Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9 on February 5, 2016.