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16/07/2007
Guns and drugs seized following fatal shooting
A substantial amount of drugs and firearms have been seized by gardaí during follow up searches relating to a fatal shooting of a 28-year-old man in Dublin during the weekend.
Kevin Ledwidge was shot in the chest at his home on Ratoath Drive in Finglas on Friday morning. He answered a call to his family home and was shot dead.
Irish police are currently searching for two men who fled the scene in a grey Opel Vectra, which was discovered, crashed, a short time later.
Eight homes have been raided in north and west Dublin and further searches will be carried out later today.
A sub-machine gun, a quantity of shotgun cartridges and a substantial quantity of drugs have so far been discovered.
It is understood the murder may be linked to a dispute over damaged property.
(JM/KMcA)
Kevin Ledwidge was shot in the chest at his home on Ratoath Drive in Finglas on Friday morning. He answered a call to his family home and was shot dead.
Irish police are currently searching for two men who fled the scene in a grey Opel Vectra, which was discovered, crashed, a short time later.
Eight homes have been raided in north and west Dublin and further searches will be carried out later today.
A sub-machine gun, a quantity of shotgun cartridges and a substantial quantity of drugs have so far been discovered.
It is understood the murder may be linked to a dispute over damaged property.
(JM/KMcA)
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