Drugs, firearms seized in Limerick

A man was arrested yesterday afternoon after heroin with a street value €700,000 and two semi automatic pistols were found during…

A man was arrested yesterday afternoon after heroin with a street value €700,000 and two semi automatic pistols were found during a search of an apartment on the Ennis Road in Limerick.

Smaller quantities of cocaine, cannabis herb and ecstasy were also found as well as some rounds of ammunition.

A man in his 40s was arrested at the scene. He is being detained at Henry Street Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences Against The State Act 1939.

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