A man has been arrested and four guns seized from a car following a roadside drugs test.
Gardai detained a man and discovered the firearms in Lisanisk, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan today.
A Monaghan Roads Policing Unit that was carrying out speed checks on the N2 in Carrickmacross stopped a car and carried out a roadside drugs test on the driver.
In a follow-up search of the car, four loaded pistols with ammunition were seized.
The driver, a man in his 30s, was arrested in connection with the find and is currently detained at Carrickmacross Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences Against The State Act 1939.
A Garda spokesperson added: "Investigations are ongoing."
