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09/09/2010
Gardaí Probe Border Arms Dump
The Irish police are continuing their search of an arms dump in a border area of Co Donegal.
This comes after ammunition and electrical items were found on Tuesday during the planned search.
The probe began on Monday at at Altaderry, on a road linking the villages of Bridgend and Killea, is a few hundred metres from the Irish border.
A Garda spokesperson said today that the area remains sealed off and the operation is ongoing, and confirmed they had found a "significant amount of items".
(BMcC/GK)
This comes after ammunition and electrical items were found on Tuesday during the planned search.
The probe began on Monday at at Altaderry, on a road linking the villages of Bridgend and Killea, is a few hundred metres from the Irish border.
A Garda spokesperson said today that the area remains sealed off and the operation is ongoing, and confirmed they had found a "significant amount of items".
(BMcC/GK)
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