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Three men have been arrested and a shotgun has been discovered in West Dublin.
Gardai on patrol from the K District noticed a car driving at speed last night at around 8.30pm in the Corduff/Mulhuddart area of Blanchardstown.
The car was discovered on Wellview Grove, and all three men ran from the scene, however they were located and arrested shortly afterwards.
A loaded single barrel Berretta Shotgun was recovered nearby, and has been sent to the Ballistics Unit for analysis.
The men are being questioned at Blanchardstown Garda Station where they can be held for up to three days.
Three arrested over firearm in Mulhuddart By Alison O Reilly
The incident happened yesterday after a search of a car in Wellview Grove in Mulhuddart.
The discovery came after gardai noticed a vehicle driving a speed yesterday.
Garda members of the K District Task Forced were on patrol in the Corduff Mulhuddart area of Blanchardsotnw at around 8:30pm when the incident unfolded.
The three men who were in the car at the time, set it alight before fleeing the scene.
The car was later discovered in the Wellview Grove area.
The three men, one aged in his 30s and two in their 20s were arrested a short time later.
The suspect car has also been seized for a technical examination.
Gardaí are continuing to quiz the three men at Blanchardstown Garda station for firearms offences.
They are being held under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act and can be detained for up to three days.
It’s understood two of the men are local criminals who are well known to gardaí.
One of them has served a jail sentence for an armed robbery and has a number of previous convictions.
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The other man is considered a violent criminal who was previously investigated over the 2012 gang attack on Gerard Burnett (28) who was stabbed to death in west Dublin.
Three men have been arrested after a loaded firearm was thrown from a speeding car being pursued by gardaí in west Dublin.
Last night at around 8.30pm gardaí came across a vehicle driving at speed through the Corduff area of the city and pursued the car.
A short time later it was found abandoned in the Wellview Grove area while the three men in the car fled on foot.
A number of searches were carried out and the suspects, two men in their late 20s and a man in his 30s, were arrested.
Members of the Armed Support Unit (ASU) were also called in and a loaded single barrel Berretta shotgun was discovered on the roadside.
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