As part of ongoing investigations into an incident of violent disorder in St Michael’s Square, Ballinasloe, on January 14, Gardaí in the county arrested a man and seized a number of weapons on Tuesday.
Four residential properties in Ballinasloe were searched by Gardaí from Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Oranmore – assisted by the Armed Support Unit – and a number of weapons including slash hooks, machetes and knives, were seized.
A man (aged in his 20s ) was arrested and detained at a Garda Station in Co Galway under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
He was subsequently released without charge pending the submission of a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
