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A MAN IN his late teens was arrested by gardaí after the seizure of an automatic pistol, ammunition, and suspected diamorphine at a home in Limerick.

The county’s drugs unit carried out a search of the Island Road home on Sunday as part of ongoing investigations into organised criminal activity and the sale and supply of drugs in the area.

The diamorphine – also known as heroin – has an estimated street value of €21,700.

The arrested man has been detained at a garda station in the Garda Southern Region under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007.

The drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis while the firearm and ammunition will be technically examined by the ballistics section of the Garda Technical Bureau.

Gardaí said investigations are ongoing.

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