Submachine gun, sawn-off shotgun, and loaded handgun seized by gardaí in Dublin

A submachine gun and a sawn-off shotgun were seized during searches in Dublin on Saturday. Picture: An Garda Siochána.

Two people have been arrested as gardaí in Dublin seized weapons including a submachine gun and sawn-off shotgun. 

On Friday, gardaí in Blanchardstown stopped a car on the Old Navan Road in Dublin 15.

Two occupants of the car were in possession of a pistol and ammunition which were seized by investigating gardaí.

The man, aged in his 20s, and the woman, aged in her 30s, were arrested at the scene and are currently being held at a Garda station in Dublin.

Follow-up searches were carried out at two addresses in the Dublin region on Friday evening and Saturday morning, during which, a submachine gun and a sawn-off shotgun were also seized, as well as more ammunition.

All three guns and ammunition are now subject to analysis by the ballistics section of the Garda National Technical Bureau.

Gardaí say investigations are ongoing.