A .22 rifle seized by gardaí

Pictures of dissidents' weapons released

Photos of weapons seized this week by gardaí in an operation against dissident republicans have been released.

On Monday morning, December 12 Gardaí attached to the Special Detective Unit conducted a search operation in Ballyconnell. During the course of the search a .22 rifle and a revolver with a large quantity of ammunition with varying calibres were recovered.

No arrests have been made, investigations are ongoing.

A bag of ammunition
The revolver discovered in Ballyconnell area.