A GUN has been found during an organised search for missing Irishman Trevor Deely, who disappeared 17 years ago.
An Garda Síochána began the search on Saturday, August 12, in a closed off three-acre area of woodland belonging to South Dublin County Council in Chapelizod, in the west of the city.
The search area is between a public road and the River Liffey, and is eight kilometres from where Trevor Deely was last seen in 2000.
The firearm, believed to have been recovered at the excavation site yesterday August 16, has been sent for forensic examination but it is unclear whether it is related to the young Irishman's disappearance.
Previously, gardaí said they started the excavation after receiving new 'significant' information relating to the disappearance of Trevor Deely.
Mr Deely disappeared after a night out with work friends before Christmas on December 8, 2000.
The young man from Naas, Co. Kildare, was last captured on CCTV passing the Bank of Ireland ATM machine on Haddington Road in Dublin at approximately 4.14am as he called to his place of work to collect an umbrella as it was raining.
While the investigation into his disappearance has never been closed, the Garda Review Team at Pearse Street Garda Station have been investigating Mr Deely’s disappearance since September 2016, under the command of Detective Superintendent Peter O’Boyle and Detective Inspector Paul Costello.
Gardaí have said that the man in the CCTV has yet to be identified, despite previous appeals.
