Gardaí targeting an organised crime gang have seized guns, drugs and ammunition, along with a wild animal, in Finglas.
Fifty officers from Finglas and Blanchardstown, backed up by Armed Support Units, carried out searches ata halting site on the Ratoath Road.
Two machine guns, a Magnum handgun, a silencer and 200 rounds of ammunition were seized.
More than €100,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis was also discovered, along with a pressing machine indicating the presence of a cocaine factory.
A monkey in a cage was also found and taken away by animal welfare officers. It is currently with the DSPCA.
Gardaí said they have been targeting a Finglas-based organised crime gang involved in drugs trafficking for some time.
Two men, aged 30 and 40, have been arrested. They can be questioned for up to three days.
A woman in her 30s was also arrested at the scene on suspicion of handling stolen goods.
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