“Three arrested as guns and cocaine valued at €2.5m seized in Dublin city centre”

Key points

• Gardaí seized a submachine gun, two pistols and cocaine worth about €2.5 million.
• Operation was carried out by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau in Dublin’s north inner city.
• Two men in their 30s and a woman in her 20s were arrested on organised crime charges.
• Arrested individuals were taken to a Dublin Garda station and can be held for a week.
• Separately, cannabis worth an estimated €784,000 was found during a stop/search in Clonshaugh and a Coolock house search.