Distretto Nord
Cinque arresti nella Contea di Louth durante indagine su attività repubblicana
Five arrests in County Louth dissident inquiry
Irish police investigating dissident republican activity have arrested five men in County Louth.
A gun and a balaclava were found by gardai who stopped a car on Ecco Road in Dundalk at about 1125 BST on Sunday. Two men, aged in their mid-20s and mid-30s, were arrested.
Ten minutes later, a car was stopped about 12 miles away in Ardee. Ammunition and a balaclava were found.
Three men, whose ages range between their early-30s and mid-50s, were arrested.
All the arrests were made by armed officers from the Garda’s Emergency Response Unit.