A man has been arrested after Gardaí seized drugs and a sub-machine gun in County Clare.

The firearm was found alongside ammunition after a house and lands were searched at Kilmurray in Sixmilebridge yesterday.

Investigators also uncovered 1.5kg of cocaine with a street value of €105,000 and 1kg of cannabis herb with a street value of €20,000.

As part of the operation a car was stopped and searched at Tulla Road, Ennis and half a kilo of Cocaine with a street value of €35,000 was discovered.

The driver of the car, a man in his 20s, was arrested and taken to Ennis Garda Station.

He has since been released and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The operation is continuing and further searches are being carried out today.