Gardai seize rifle and arrest two in connection with dissident activity.
Gardaí have arrested two males and seized a firearm as part of an ongoing investigation targeting dissident Republican activity. Gardaí attached to Garda Headquarters and local Garda units carried out a planned operation yesterday morning in the Dundalk area, a spokesperson said.
As part of the operation a male aged in his 40s was arrested and a rifle recovered when members of the Regional Support Unit stopped and searched a car on Point Road, Dundalk.
A second male - aged in his late 50s - was later arrested during a follow up search at a house also in the Dundalk area.
Both men are currently detained under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act, 1939 at Dundalk Garda Station.
