By Dan Walsh
Gardaí evacuated residents from Gleann an Ghardín on the Ballytegan Road in Gorey today after finding suspect devices during a criminal activity investigation at the Wexford-Wicklow border.
Gardaí immediately established a cordon, and The Irish Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal team attended the scene and conducted a controlled explosion on the viable suspect devices.
A suspect firearm, along with a large quantity of ammunition, was also seized during the operation and will be sent for technical examination by the Ballistics Section of the Garda Technical Bureau.
A quantity of suspected cocaine was seized during the search, pending analysis.
A woman, aged her 30s, was arrested at the scene and is currently detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 at a Garda Station in the south-east.
The scene is currently being held for technical examination and investigations are ongoing.
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