{"id":436953,"date":"2026-05-07T13:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/436953\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:38:11","slug":"man-30s-arrested-as-scrambler-two-guns-and-ammunition-seized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/436953\/","title":{"rendered":"Man (30s) arrested as scrambler, two guns and ammunition seized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man in his 30s has been arrested after two semi-automatic pistols, 39 rounds of ammunition, and a scrambler bike were seized in Co Kildare.<\/p>\n<p>The seizure came as a result of garda\u00ed from Kildare North Community Engagement, supported by detectives from Kildare North Crime, conducting proactive patrols on the Royal Canal Way in Maynooth on Wednesday evening, May 6th.<\/p>\n<p>During the operation, garda\u00ed intercepted a scrambler bike, resulting in the seizure of the pistols and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>The rider, the man in his 30s, was arrested at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently detained at a garda station in Co Kildare under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939.<\/p>\n<p>All seized firearms are undergoing technical and ballistic examination.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations are ongoing, a garda statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his 30s has been arrested after two semi-automatic pistols, 39 rounds of ammunition, and a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-436953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}