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Man arrested in Donegal after recovery of rifle

The rifle was discovered as part of an ongoing garda investigation during the search of a house in Ballyshannon this evening.

GARDAÍ IN DONEGAL have arrested a man and seized a rifle in the search of a house at Ballyshannon this evening.

The man in his 40s was arrested at the scene.

He is currently detained at Ballyshannon Garda Station where he can be held for up to 72 hours for questioning.

Gardaí said this evening’s search is part of an ongoing investigation and enquiries are continuing.

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    Mute Kerry Blake
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    Feb 17th 2014, 10:08 PM

    That’s not a rifle image that’s a shotgun.

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    Mute pat James buchannan
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    Feb 17th 2014, 11:01 PM

    Do you really think the people in journal .ie would know what a rifel looks like ………..

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    Mute pat James buchannan
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    Feb 17th 2014, 11:02 PM

    Rifle

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    Mute pat James buchannan
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    Feb 17th 2014, 11:17 PM

    I think I will send a picture of a tank to the journal.ie ……… Tomorrow’s headlines ….. YELLOW SUBMARINE found in ireland …… Beatles no one suspects

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    Mute Hibernicus Exul
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    Feb 18th 2014, 12:02 AM

    hahahahah while it was the first thing i thought when i seen the picture i just know someone would say it !! still cant decide though are you just being pedantic or are you right to say it

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    Mute Tim Stephen Hendy
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    Feb 18th 2014, 5:41 AM

    yes but it’s an ASSAULT shotgun.

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    Mute Speedy Justin
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    Feb 18th 2014, 8:59 AM

    Well the way D.O.J and the gardai want to reform the gun laws you might be right!!!!

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    Mute Jamie
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    Feb 17th 2014, 10:13 PM

    Haha that’s a shotgun lads, change it. Gun laws in this country are so stupid. Let the man have his rifle ffs.

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    Mute Reg
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    Feb 17th 2014, 10:24 PM

    Well it depends on the rifle. A sporting rifle can be legally held but nobody needs an AK47!

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    Mute James McCormack
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    Feb 17th 2014, 10:28 PM

    The problem is it wasn’t his riffle. This guy is part of a gang that was targeting elderly people living on their own, breaking into their homes and robbing them. The gun that was recovered belonged to a 77 year old man whom they tied up and beat. They stole the firearm from his home along with a sum of money.

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    Feb 17th 2014, 10:35 PM

    From Donegal Daily

    BREAKING NEWS: A MAN has been arrested and a firearm seized during a Garda operation this evening.

    A Garda spokesman confirmed to Donegal Daily that the man arrested was detained after a search of a house in Ballyshannon.

    The suspect is in his 40s.

    A rifle was recovered during the search which came just days after a weapon was taken during an incident in Glenties where a 77-year-old man was battered and robbed by a vicious gang of burglars.

    “A male aged in his 40s was arrested at the scene. He is currently detained under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act, 1939, at Ballyshannon Garda Station,” said a spokesman.

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    Feb 17th 2014, 10:53 PM

    James,

    If this turns out to be true, it’s great news! That gang have been praying on elderly and vulnerable people in the north west for too long. I wonder was it anything with the €10,000 offered for information. Either way, lets hope these animals get sentences fitting their crimes!

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    Mute pat James buchannan
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    Feb 17th 2014, 11:03 PM

    Dr Rory used to shoot with the gentry

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    Feb 17th 2014, 11:04 PM

    So he should have used it on them

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    Mute joe stodge
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    Feb 17th 2014, 11:54 PM

    Who says an AK47 can’t be a sporting rifle?

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    Mute James McCormack
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    Feb 17th 2014, 11:10 PM

    @Massimo The €10,000 might have something to do with it.

    The above incident happened in Glenties, it used to be a Garda District Headquarters with a station that was manned 24/7
    Shatter has since dissolved the district (Which was the largest in Co. Donegal) and split the policing of it between Ballyshannon and Milford. Both of which are nearly an hour away from Glenties.

    It goes to show how crime levels will rise when cuts are implemented in Policing.

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    Feb 17th 2014, 11:10 PM

    Tomorrows news: gardai to give back shotgun mistaken for rifle

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    Mute pat James buchannan
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    Feb 17th 2014, 11:14 PM

    Mistaken identity again

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    Mute Michael Looney
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    Feb 18th 2014, 1:35 AM

    Shoot him with it.. Maybe he’ll think twice about having a gun in the first place!

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    Mute Bryan Smith
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    Feb 18th 2014, 6:48 AM

    I’d be getting my rifle images from another website if I were you.

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    Feb 18th 2014, 1:51 AM

    Why didn’t we give that hellhole to the Brits when we were have that social clear out years ago. Donegal is a waste of space

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    Feb 18th 2014, 8:47 AM

    “Youknowimright”, is your surname “Offmyfeckingtrolly” ?????

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    Mute James McCormack
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    Feb 18th 2014, 12:07 PM

    @youknowinright You have just shown how intellectually inferior you are to everyone else, probably on this planet.
    That is the most ignorant, uninformed comment I have ever seen.
    Everyone here is now a bit dumber for reading it.
    Now go collect your dole and pick up your cans of Dutch Gold you waster.

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