A man is in Garda custody after the discovery of weapons in a car in Slane yesterday.

Three assault rifles, which its thought may have been used in the Regency Hotel shooting of David Byrne, were seized by detectives when the vehicle was stopped while travelling northbound on the N2.

The discovery of the AK47s came after a series of raids by the Criminal Assets Bureau in a money laundering crackdown by criminal gangs in Dublin yesterday.

29 luxury cars, six motorbikes, around 300 thousand euro worth of cash and jewellery was seized.

Conor Feehan Crime Correspondent with The Herald newspaper says the weapons seizure could be linked to yesterday's searches: