As part of an ongoing operation, Gardaí attached to the DMR South Serious Crime Unit and Drugs Unit and Community Policing Unit carried out a search of an apartment at Tallaght, Dublin 24, on Monday 19th October.
During the course of the search, two viable pipe bombs were located.
The apartment complex was evacuated.
A cordon was established, and a Defence Forces EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team made the area safe, and removed the devices for further examination.
Four individuals (a male aged in his 20’s, and three females – one aged in her 30’s, and two aged in their 40’s) were arrested at the scene.
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They are currently detained pursuant to Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 at a Garda Station in the Dublin area.
Investigations ongoing.