Three questioned over guns seizure

Three people remain in custody in connection with the seizure of weapons in Dublin yesterday.

Three people remain in custody in connection with the seizure of weapons in Dublin yesterday.

Gardaí investigating dissident republican activity and organised crime searched a property on Harmonstown Road, Dublin 5 yesterday and recovered three handguns.

Two men and a woman, all aged in their 20s, were arrested. The are being detained in Blackrock Garda station under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939.

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