Gardaí investigating organised crime in Dublin have seized an automatic pistol after stopping a car in the south of the city.

Investigators from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) stopped the car in the Shankill area last night with the help of armed gardaí.

A man in his 40s was arrested and a “mach-type machine pistol” was seized.

The man was arrested and taken to a Garda station in the south of the city.

Detective Chief Superintendent Angela Willis, the head of the GNDOCB said: “The seizure of firearms and the arrest of those who are prepared to use them continues to be a priority for the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau who remain totally committed to detecting and disrupting those involved and bringing them before the courts.”