Issue Date: 29/10/2025
Gardaí continuing to investigate the supply of controlled substances into prisons in West Dublin have seized a firearm in North Wicklow yesterday evening, Tuesday 28th October 2025.
Gardaí from the Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT) yesterday afternoon stopped a vehicle as part of a planned operation in the Dublin 22 area.
During the course of a follow-up search carried out by the DCRT at a premises in the North Wicklow area yesterday evening, a Mac-10, 9mm Sub-Machine gun was seized.
The firearm seized is now subject to forensic and ballistic examination.
One of the two males (aged in their 40’s) who were arrested yesterday afternoon, Tuesday 28th October 2025, has since been charged.
He appeared before the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ) this evening, Wednesday 29th October 2025.
The second arrested male remains in Garda custody at this time.
Investigations are ongoing.
