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| Pistols seized in crime operation | Pistols seized in crime operation |
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| Police in Northern Ireland have seized 14 pistols and arrested a 34-year-old man as part of a major international operation targeting organised crime. | |
| Gardai have also seized 27 other firearms in the Republic of Ireland and heroin worth an estimated £3.25m. | Gardai have also seized 27 other firearms in the Republic of Ireland and heroin worth an estimated £3.25m. |
| A 42-year-old man was detained in north Dublin by Garda officers. | |
| A man, from the Republic, was arrested as part of the operation at a Belfast city centre hotel by the PSNI. The guns were found at a separate location. | A man, from the Republic, was arrested as part of the operation at a Belfast city centre hotel by the PSNI. The guns were found at a separate location. |
| Dutch police were also thought to have been involved in the operation. | Dutch police were also thought to have been involved in the operation. |
| PSNI Detective Superintendent Essie Adair said the arrests were "extremely significant". | |
| "We believe that this operation has disrupted a major organised crime gang," he said. | |
| "Those involved in these types of crimes are living off the backs of communities and leaving misery and despair in their wake." | |
| Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy said the arrests had damaged a powerful European drugs trafficking network. | |
| "We believe that this operation has made significant inroads into an international organised crime gang involved on a large scale in the importation of drugs and firearms into Ireland and the United Kingdom," he said. |