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14 Feb 2026

Gardaí make extraordinary weapons find during routine Offaly traffic stop this week

Gardaí make extraordinary weapons find during routine Offaly traffic stop

Gardaí make extraordinary weapons find during routine Offaly traffic stop

Gardaí in Offaly have caught a motorist with a collection of deadly weapons during a routine traffic stop in the county.

Members of an Offaly Roads Policing Unit stopped a scooter rider in Birr on Monday, August 5.

The rider was not wearing a helmet and was stopped routinely for road traffic matters.

Upon searching the rider, gardaí discovered a number of weapons on their person along with a small amount of a suspected controlled drug.

The weapons included an axe, a large knife and an improvised instrument comprising of a rock attached to a handle by a chain.

The individual will now be brought to court by gardaí.

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