{"id":3484,"date":"2018-10-12T19:39:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T00:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3484"},"modified":"2018-10-15T08:40:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T13:40:56","slug":"three-handguns-found-in-package-from-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3484","title":{"rendered":"Three Handguns Found in Package from US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GlockSeizureOct18_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GlockSeizureOct18_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GlockSeizureOct18_large-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Three Glock handguns have been intercepted in postal package destined for Ireland from the US.<\/p>\n<p>It emerged tonight that the Garda Special Crime Operations branch had conducted a joint operation with US Homeland Security Investigations after the detection of automatic weapons due to be delivered to locations in Dublin city and county.<\/p>\n<p>The Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Special Crime Task Force searched three addresses in Stepaside, Carrickmines and Newcastle, Co Dublin as part of an ongoing operation relating to the seizures.<\/p>\n<p>A quantity of cocaine and cannabis was seized during the course of these searches, while three people were arrested.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3484\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3484&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3484\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3484&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-3484\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3484&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3484\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Glock handguns have been intercepted in postal package destined for Ireland from the US. 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