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)

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