An Irishman aged in his 80s has told how his house was raided by up to 10 armed gardai while he was out for a walk in Cavan.
Jude McGovern, an 88-year-old retired NYPD cop who lives in Swanlinbar, County Cavan, is featured in the New York Post telling how his house was swarmed by gardai.
Officers had been given a warrant to search the house based on suspicions there was a decommissioned revolver in his home.
Jude told the New York publication: "Can you imagine? About 10 of them forced in my front door around 9:30 in the morning when I was out of the house, and then I come back and find four of them going through my furniture looking for my gun.”
The former NY policeman added: "No common sense prevailed in this incident. I enjoy my few rum and cokes at night but I didn’t drink during Lent. I am not interested in doing anything notorious at 88 years of age.”
Gardai told the US media outlet: "A suspected unlicensed firearm was seized and sent to the Ballistics Unit for analysis."
McGovern immigrated to the US in 1957, joining the same US Army division based in Fort Hood as Elvis Presley, although he said he never met the King.
The paper reports that in 1965, McGovern and a partner, FDNY firefighter Jack Farley, opened The Moonshiner on 94th Street and Roosevelt Avenue near Shea Stadium, a pub popular with Mets players.
In 1968, McGovern joined the NYPD - he is now living out his retirement in rural Cavan.
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