Two men in court over gun and ammunition seizure at Kerry roundabout

Men also charged with having stolen property — the rifles and ammunition along with a steel gun case, ear muffs and a butterfly knife — to a total value of €7,500

Brendan Casey at Tralee courthouse. Picture: Domnick Walsh

Two 19-year-old Dublin men have appeared before Tralee District Court on charges relating to a firearms seizure at a Garda checkpoint at a roundabout in Tralee on Monday night.

Both men are charged with having in their possession firearms and quantities of ammunition without a firearms certificate and reckless as to whether the property was stolen.