Weapons seized over shootings

GARDAÍ have recovered an arsenal of weapons including five sawn-off shotguns and a crossbow following a spate of shootings in west Dublin.

Local gardaí, backed up by armed officers and the Army, searched a number of properties in the Corduff area of Blanchardstown over the last three days.

In total five sawn-off shotguns, ammunition, a crossbow and a quantity of cannabis herb were seized, with the firearms due to be examined by gardaí.

The weapons are linked to separate feuding gangs operating in the area involved in a spate of tit-for-tat firearms incidents in Corduff this week.