{"id":8714,"date":"2019-08-05T11:33:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T15:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8714"},"modified":"2019-08-07T12:34:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:34:40","slug":"dublin-man-in-court-after-discovery-of-60-guns-in-car-at-dover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8714","title":{"rendered":"Dublin Man in Court After Discovery of 60 Guns in Car at Dover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2.44467608.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2.44467608.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2.44467608-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>A 37-year-old man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court in connection with the discovery of 60 firearms in a car arriving in the UK from France.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Keogh, from Dublin, appeared at Margate Magistrates\u2019 Court on Monday charged with illegally importing firearms.<\/p>\n<p>His case was sent for trial at Canterbury Crown Court with a preliminary hearing to be held on September 2.<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for the court said that Keogh did not indicate a plea at the magistrates\u2019 court hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Keogh was charged after Border Force officers stopped a Volkswagen Passat arriving at the Port of Dover from Calais on Friday August 2 and found a Sig Sauer P226 blank firing handgun with a barrel converted to fire live ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent searches found another 59 firearms concealed inside the car\u2019s bumper and both rear quarter panels, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).<\/p>\n<p>The find is believed to be largest seizure of lethal purpose weapons at a port in the UK.<\/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-8714\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8714&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-8714\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8714&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-8714\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8714&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=8714\" 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>A 37-year-old man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court in connection with the discovery of 60 firearms in a car arriving in the UK from France. 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