DUMPED IRA ARMS CACHE RECOVERED; Thousands of AK47 bullets found by gardai.Byline: By PAT FLANAGAN John Patrick "Pat" Flanagan (born 1891 in Preston, Lancashire) was an English footballer. An inside forward, Flanagan played youth football for Stourbridge before joining Norwich City in 1908, before moving to Fulham in 1909. THE IRA has dumped thousands of AK47 assault rifle assault rifle Military firearm that is chambered for ammunition of reduced size or propellant charge and has the capacity to switch between semiautomatic and fully automatic fire. bullets in what is believed to be the first act of decommissioning since the Provos declared their war is over. The ammo was left near a river walk on Monday night and it is understood the terror group wanted the cache to be found. Gardai search teams located the rounds on Tuesday at Tonevane, near Tralee, Co Kerry. Security sources believe most of the IRA's armoury is held in two secret dumps - one in Munster and the other close to the border. Some units have their own weapons which they need for "training" purposes. IRA bosses believe it would be too risky to transport the bullets and ordered the armoury to be dumped locally. It is believed this week's find came from a unit based in the Tralee area. Kerry is the power base of TD and former IRA gun-runner Martin Ferris Martin Ferris (Irish: Máirtín Mac Fheorais; born 10 February 1952) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and a former Provisional IRA member (volunteer). , a central figure in the peace process. Meanwhile, it emerged the Government is desperately trying to find a way to deal with the Colombia Three The Colombia Three are three individuals – Niall Connolly, James Monaghan and Martin McCauley – who are currently residing in the Republic of Ireland, having fled from Colombia, where they have been sentenced to prison terms of seventeen years for training FARC rebels. . Ireland's ambassador to Mexico and Colombia Art Agnew said everything would be done to bring them to justice. It is understood the IRA will soon hand over the contents of one of its major arms dumps in a bid to take the heat off the three fugitives, Martin McCauley, Niall Connolly and Jim Monaghan. The trio, who were given 17-year sentences for training Farc guerrillas, fled after they were released on bail last December. They escaped from Colombia before resurfacing in Ireland last week. But the Government will still try to extradite ex·tra·dite v. ex·tra·dit·ed, ex·tra·dit·ing, ex·tra·dites v.tr. 1. To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority. 2. the men. Speaking in Bogota after meeting with the Colombian Vice President, Francisco Santos, Ambassador Agnew said: "Ireland will meet its obligations under international law." He added the lack of a treaty between the two countries "is a problem" but insisted "there could be other international mechanisms" that would permit their extradition and said they were looking into all possibilities.` Mr Agnew added a ruling on extradition would be made by the Irish courts. CAPTION(S): LETHAL: AK47 assault rifles |
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