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Arrest made after machete, hatchet and knife seized in Co. Galway

September 9, 2025 by

A MAN has been arrested after a machete, hatchet and a knife were all seized from a car in Co. Galway.

Gardaí were called to reports of a man brandishing a weapon on River Street in Ballinasloe yesterday morning (September 8).

The weapons seized in Co. Galway, (Pic: Gardai)

Officers attended the scene at around 8.40am, where they searched a car and “seized a machete, hatchet and knife”.

“A man, aged in his 20s, was arrested at the scene and is currently being detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region,” they confirmed.

Investigations are ongoing.

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