Crime & Law

Man to appear in court after seizure of M70 assault rifle

Gardaí seize weapon following planned search of property in Fitzgibbon Street area

An M70 assault rifle similar to that seized by the Garda in Dublin this week. File photograph: Wikimedia Commons
An M70 assault rifle similar to that seized by the Garda in Dublin this week. File photograph: Wikimedia Commons
Fri Nov 18 2016 - 21:37

A man has been charged in relation to the seizure of an assault rifle and will appear in court on Saturday.

The 25-year-old will appear before Dublin District Court, Criminal Courts of Justice, at 10.30am.

Gardaí seized M70 assault rifle following the planned search of a property in the Fitzgibbon Street Sub District on Wednesday.

The man was arrested and detained at Mountjoy Garda station under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939 as amended.

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He remains in Garda custody.