UDA gun found in Dublin
by Michael Pierse
A machine gun found two weeks ago by two boys in the Dublin
suburb of Palmerstown is believed to have originated in a
shipment acquired by the UDA, in the 1994/1995 period.
The `Rhuzi' sub machine gun, a relative of the more widely used
Israeli Uzi 9mm, could prove conclusively what republicans have
known for a long time - close ties between loyalist death squads
and 26 county drug barons.
According to reports, the gun was inoperable, badly rusted, and
had been inactive in recent times. However, it may indicate
larger arsenals elsewhere, and the maintenance of such close
relationships between loyalists and crime lords as that between
the Portadown UVF (now LVF) and Martin ``The General'' Cahill.
Following the recent anniversary of IRA Volunteer Martin ``Doco''
Doherty's murder by the UVF, which was aided and abetted by
Cahill, it is a worrying reminder of the threat posed by such
links.
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