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Dual Dutch-Irish national charged with gun offences in the UK

A routine arrival at the Port of Dover turned into a serious firearms case when a 24-year-old man was brought before court accused of attempting to bring ten guns and ammunition into the UK. Khalid Ahmed, from Ealing in west London, is a dual Dutch and Irish national and appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court. Counter-terrorism police stopped him at Dover last Thursday after he arrived from Calais in France. Prosecutors allege that a search of Mr Ahmed’s vehicle uncovered ten self-loading pistols and ammunition concealed…