:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/V2UTG6AFFPTJXU7LNYPYJDIAPI.jpg)
A woman in her 40s and two men in their 30s and 40s were arrested following the seizure of a shotgun and drugs worth €50,000.
As part of Operation Tara, An Garda Síochána's national anti-drugs strategy, the Garda Divisional Drugs Unit based at Kevin Street conducted a search of a house under warrant in the Kevin Street area of Dublin 8 on Friday.
In the course of the search, a loaded shotgun and ammunition was discovered along with quantities of cocaine and cannabis worth €50,000. An analysis of the drugs and a ballistic examination of the shotgun are pending.
A woman aged in her 40s and two men aged in their 30s and 40s were arrested following the seizure.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/ZYR26WRWJBXN6ABDSL7J2SAON4.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/IKYUSVQY74M362IWYOZG3WEMTM.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/EJVU6EZX76ZWIFUL3ATKKWAM3U.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/YGZQ3QL3LL2XGISXQHO2XT6KNQ.jpg)
They are currently detained under section 30 of the Offences against the State Act, 1939 in Kevin Street and Kilmainham Stations.
Gardaí say investigations are ongoing.