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Two men being questioned following foiled suspected shooting operation

A firearm and ammunition were recovered by gardaí yesterday.

TWO MEN ARE today still in custody following arrests in Dublin as part of an operation against a suspected gangland incident.

Around an hour after the 2pm kick-off yesterday in Ireland’s match against Belgium at Euro 2016, gardaí intercepted a car on the Naas dual carriageway and a subsequent search turned up a firearm and ammunition.

A man in his thirties was arrested at the scene.

A second car was stopped on the Long Mile Road in the Walkinstown area of the south of the city shortly after this, and a second man in his thirties was arrested.

Both men are believed to be associates of the Kinahan gang and their questioning at garda stations in Dublin today is ongoing.

RTÉ is reporting that the men intended to carry out a shooting in the capital, and that the weapon seized was a Glock 9mm semi-automatic hand gun. 

The two men are being held under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.

Read: Two men arrested over firearms offences linked to Kinahan gang – reports

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    Mute Ironballs
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    Jun 19th 2016, 12:33 PM

    Nice one. Well done to the Guards. The sooner the country is rid of all of these 5(umb@gs the better.

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    Mute Peter Fechter
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    Jun 19th 2016, 12:33 PM

    The kinihans arent finished with the hutches just yet…and i assume being caught with a loaded handgun should merit a year or 2 in the slammer…

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    Mute Brian M
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    Jun 19th 2016, 3:22 PM

    Don’t forget partially suspended sentence as well, and of course early release for good behaviour!

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    Jun 19th 2016, 3:44 PM

    change the record

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    Mute UndieGrundy
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    Jun 19th 2016, 12:48 PM

    Good police work. Possession of an illegally held and stolen firearm should automatically get you a mandatory sentence of 10 years. Then we wouldn’t even have to bother attempting to prove they were there to kill someone.

    The argument against this, seems to be that such severe sentences would encourage a desperate gunman to use it on cops to escape. But many guns are found during raids and searches.

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    Mute Colm Finn
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    Jun 19th 2016, 2:41 PM

    There is already a mandatory 10 years for possession of a gun. Judges are ignoring this.

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    Mute Les Behan
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    Jun 19th 2016, 1:41 PM

    Good work by the Gardaí.

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    Mute Galway Spurs
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    Jun 19th 2016, 12:29 PM

    Hope they had no connection to Mayo, because if they did then nothing went right for them yesterday!

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Jun 19th 2016, 2:01 PM

    It was the M7, actually.

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    Mute john
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    Jun 19th 2016, 3:41 PM

    N7

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    Jun 19th 2016, 3:43 PM

    007

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    Mute Dave O Keeffe
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    Jun 19th 2016, 4:04 PM

    Why mention the match?

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    Jun 19th 2016, 9:47 PM

    They thought all the guards would be watching it and they would not get stopped.

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    Jun 20th 2016, 7:07 AM

    Hold the phone .. These guys don’t even let up even when there’s a match on .. Shame

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