Teen caught digging up sawn-off shotgun linked to feuding gang, gardaí allege

The teen also faced a charge for taking part in violent disorder at the Browne's steakhouse, where hitman Tristan Sherry, 26, was killed

The sawn-off shotgun

Tom Tuite

A 17-year-old boy has been denied bail after gardaí allegedly caught him "digging up" a firearm in connection with feuding crime gangs linked to two murders.

"It was a sawn-off shotgun; that's not for hunting, there is no lawful purpose to have it, it is to seriously harm or kill someone," a garda told a contested bail hearing at the Dublin Children's Court this morning.