'Hit team' member jailed after confrontation with armed gardai

A member of an organised crime group has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court following his guilty plea to firearm offences. Owen Cummins, aged 41, from St Attracta Road, Cabra, Dublin, was convicted of possessing a Beretta handgun and silencer at Jamestown Road, Inchicore on 6 September 2017. The court heard that gardai, acting on intelligence of a planned attack in Ballyfermot…