A man charged with possessing guns and ammunition told gardaí he was under such pressure over a gambling debt that he would have been willing to store “a nuclear bomb” for people.
James Cregan (54), whose address cannot be published by court order, appeared at Cork District Court on Friday charged with four separate firearms offences arising from a search at a premises in Cork on Thursday.
He is charged with possession of an improvised shotgun, commonly known as a slam-bang shotgun; 67 shotgun cartridges; a .22 calibre long rifle, a Tanfoglio semi-automatic pistol and 20 rounds of long rifle ammunition.
Det Garda Jeremy Murphy, of the Cork city divisional drug squad, gave evidence of arrest, charge and caution. He said Cregan made…