Gardaí have charged a man in connection with a firearm and drugs seizure in Co Limerick.
During the operation, Gardaí recovered €6,500 worth of cocaine, €2,600 in suspected cannabis, €1,125 in cash and drug paraphernalia.
A suspected firearm (submachine gun) and ammunition was also seized.
The seizures and arrests were made as part of Operation Tara which is targeted at drug smuggling gangs in the State.
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The man, aged in his 30s, is due to appear before Limerick District Court this morning.
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