Knife found stashed in Irish courtroom while members of public attempt to smuggle in replica handgun & ‘murder weapon’

The replica weapon was confiscatedA KNIFE in a plastic bag was found stashed inside a courtroom while another person tried to smuggle a replica handgun into the criminal courts.

In another bizarre case, a member of the public tried to bring a “murder weapon” through a security screen saying they planned to hand it to gardaí as evidence.A log of Courts Service incidents and accidents for 2024 also disclosed how another person tried to bring a “large wrench tool” through a scanner.

When they were told it would have to be left at the entrance gate, the person became “verbally abusive” and gardaí had to be called.

A note of the incident said: “Upon receiving the returned item, the [person] threatened to assault [security] operative with [it].

“A garda sergeant who was leaving the building overheard the threat and removed the [person] from the building.”