Gardaí in Shannon have seized a large quantity of fireworks under Operation Tombola.
The assortment of fireworks have an estimated street value of up to €2,000 and were discovered and seized as part of an intelligence-led operation.
Gardaí from the Shannon Detective Unit carried out a planned search of a house in the Rossbracken Housing Estate in the town on Wednesday afternoon and uncovered the fireworks.
No arrests have been made but the investigation is ongoing.
A native of Ennis, Colin McGann has been editor of The Clare Champion since August 2020. Former editor of The Clare People, he is a journalism and communications graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology.