A YOUNG man is due to appear before Limerick District Court today, charged in connection with the seizure of an improvised firearm during a Garda search of a house in city last weekend.
Gardaí said the man, who is aged in his late teens, was arrested after the weapon was recovered during a Garda operation in Thomondgate, on Sunday, January 22.
“The firearm was recovered during the course of a planned search of a residence in Thomondgate by detective Gardaí at Mayorstone and other local Garda units,” a Garda spokesman said.
“The man was arrested and held at Henry Street Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act 1939.”
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The spokesman added that the Garda investigation is ongoing.
