GARDAI seized two loaded handguns with silencers attached after a routine patrol stopped a car in Dublin.
 Officers from the local drugs unit at Ronanstown became suspicious yesterday after they stopped a car and another vehicle pulled in nearby on the Newcastle Road at Grange, near Adamstown.
The gardai carried out a search of the vehicle and recovered a bag, containing two loaded magnums, silencers and ammunition.
The three suspects, who were all in their 20s and Lithuanian, were arrested at the scene around 3pm and taken to Lucan and Ronanstown Garda Stations for questioning.
INTERCEPTED
Gardai believe the guns were being moved to a safe house when they were intercepted.
A source said: “The fact that the weapons were loaded, seems ominous. They weren’t going shooting pigeons.”
The weapons were taken away for forensic examination by technical bureau experts at Garda headquarters in the Phoenix Park.
Gardai carried out follow up inquiries last night as gardai investigated the background of the three suspects.
The three men are being detained under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act and can be held without charge for up to three days.
