Within the past two years, police in the Irish republic have recovered a large number of Gloch handguns during raids on known drug dealers in Limerick, Cork and Dublin. Through intelligence and admission during interviews, these weapons were traced back to a consignment that came in via Scotland to Loyalist paramilitaries in Ulster. Regarding decommissioning, Loyalists in Ulster made only a token gesture. The PSNI have known for some time that Ulster Loyalists have been exchanging weapons with southern Irish drug cartels for class A drugs.
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