FOUR men have been arrested in relation to a gun attack where a firearm was discharged in Ballinacurra Weston earlier this year.
Gardaí arrested the men in connection with the investigation this week (Wednesday, November 26), which occurred in the Hyde Avenue area on May 8.
During the course of follow-up searches in the south side of Limerick City, a double-barrelled shotgun and suspected cannabis herb to the value of €17,000 were seized, along with weighing scales and other drug-dealing paraphernalia.
The operation was conducted by detectives attached to the Crime Office at Roxboro Road Garda Station assisted by the Regional Armed Support Unit, Divisional Drugs Unit, Divisional Search Team and Southern Region Dog Unit.
The firearm and drugs seized are now subject to forensic and technical analysis.
All four arrested men, two aged in their late teens, and two in their 20’s are detained at Garda Stations in the Co. Limerick area, under the provisions of Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007.
This brings the total number of people arrested in connection with this investigation to seven.
Gardaí say investigations are ongoing.