McCourt told one prospective customer he would throw in 10 pipe bombs as a free gift to seal a €75,000 cash deal to supply guns and ammunition smuggled by air from America, court heard. File photograph: Matt Kavanagh/The Irish Times
The leader of a gun-running ring, which smuggled arms into Ireland from the US, has been jailed for 12 years. Mark McCourt (34) of Edencrieve, Newry, Co Down, was caught “red-handed” in a Garda raid, during which parts for six a
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