Gardaí have seized two guns along with drugs valued at about €20,000, some €22,000 in cash and a watch and clothing with an estimated value of €30,000 in Dublin.
Two men, aged 26 and 32 years, were arrested at the scene of the seizure and have been taken into custody.
The search operation, which was intelligence-led and targeted those suspected of involvement in the drugs trade, took place at about 5pm on Thursday in north Dublin.
![During the course of the search two firearms, including this one, were seized. Photograph: An Garda Síochána](https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TI3HU5YQ7YZHQS4GQT4JYPPU6I.jpg?auth=e06df11ff9c8ad3423cf49f1af933bba6f1c04b71f3f7eb08e3586fb69d65188&width=800&height=450)
![During the course of the search a designer watch was also seized. Photograph: An Garda Síochána](https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7L2O2CRKRUAQLY3TF43Y4OFDLM.jpg?auth=3d73885ebb97da01d532e92dbecf5650108d36e5b09ddd2d2739f50dcaa6f1e3&width=800&height=450)
An address was searched at Palmerston Hall, Dominick Street, Dublin 7, where the guns , heroin and cannabis plants were discovered.
![During the course of the search drugs (heroin and cannabis plants) with an estimated street value of €22,000 (subject to analysis) were seized. Photograph: An Garda Síochána](https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TT3QZLELXGIY6F2OESTADTM2NU.jpg?auth=3ebf383381372dbcba708a922eebe0c958da0c1940064d00a32ecc82fae23d88&width=800&height=449)
The arrested men were detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act and were being held at Mountjoy station for questioning on Thursday night.