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Four held in Drogheda shooting investigation

The man was shot as he sat in his car
The man was shot as he sat in his car

Four men have been arrested in Drogheda in relation to a gun attack in February. 

A man in his 30s was injured in the shooting at the M1 Retail Park in Mell on 26 February.

He was shot after he left a premises in the retail park and got into a white Vauxhall Astra with two other men.

He was driven to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital where he underwent surgery.

A number of families with young children were in the retail park at the time of the shooting.

Four men, two aged 23, a 27-year-old and a 49-year-old, were arrested this morning and are being held at Drogheda and Dundalk garda stations.

A number of premises in Drogheda were also searched as part of the investigation.