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Two remanded in custody in connection with gun seizure

Two remanded in custody in connection with gun seizure
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Two men have been remanded in custody after cocaine, cash and a gun were seized in Waterford and New Ross.

A glock gun, with over 40 rounds of ammunition, was recovered on Wednesday, when Gardai stopped and searched a car in Glenmore.

Three men, from Waterford City were arrested.

Follow up searches were carried out at a house in Hillview in Waterford City where 33,000 euro in cash was seized and at a house near New Ross, where officers confiscated cocaine, with a street value of 35,000 euro.

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Yesterday, two men aged 29 and 32 were charged with possession of a firearm and appeared before Waterford District Court.

They were both remanded in custody.

A third man was released without charge.

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