Five people have been arrested after a gun shot was fired during a garda search in Cork city.
Gardai were searching a permises at Rochestown Road, Co Cork when a shot was fired.
The shot wasn't fired by a member of the gardai.
No injuries are reported, five people were arrested in relation to the incident and investigations are ongoing.
A garda spokesman said: "Gardaí are investigating the discharge of a firearm which occurred during a search operation conducted by Cork Gardaí this evening, 29th April 2021.
"Gardaí attached to the Cork City Detective Unit with the support of the Regional Support Unit and the Armed Support Unit conducted the search of a premises at Rochestown Road, Co Cork, under warrant for Section 29 Offences Against the State Act, 1939.
"During the course of the search a shot was fired, not by a member of An Garda Síochána.
"No injuries are reported.
"Five people have been arrested in relation to this incident and are currently detained under Section 30 Offences Against the State Act, 1939, at a number of Garda stations in Cork City.
"This investigation is ongoing."
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