Gardaí face threat of 'unknown' people buying guns on Dark Web

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The commissioner also said he was 'absolutely satisfied' with the garda investigation into three young men, who were put under a surveillance and undercover police operation after one of them, Evan Fitzgerald (pictured), tried to import semi-automatic weapons and ammunition from the Dark Web. File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Specialist gardaí are faced with a growing threat from the increased accessibility of high-powered weapons on the Dark Web, the garda commissioner has said.

Justin Kelly warned that individuals — unconnected to organised crime and “unknown” to gardaí — can now go on the underground internet and attempt to purchase serious firepower.