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A man in his 20s and a man in his 30s were arrested in Balbriggan after they tried to flee when stopped by the Gardaí.
The men were captured and a search of their vehicle revealed a sawed-off Beretta shotgun and six shotgun shells last night.
The men reversed their vehicle at high speed in an attempt to get away from the gardaí when they stopped in the Pinewood area of Balbriggan and subsequently abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot.
Both males were pursued on foot by Gardaí and arrested after being spotted in some bushes near Castleland Park View, Balbriggan.
The vehicle was seized by gardaí for technical examination and a sawed-off Beretta shotgun and six shotgun shells were recovered and seized.
These seized items will be sent to the Ballistics Unit for analysis.
The arrests are the result of an intelligence operation carried out by the Balbriggan Detective Unit as part of Drogheda’s Operation Stratus.
The two men are currently detained at Swords and Balbriggan Garda stations in accordance with the provisions of section 30 of the Crimes Against the State Act 1939.
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