Florida Four

Florida Four

The Florida Four refers to four people, Anthony Smyth, Conor Claxton, Martin Mullan and Siobhan Browne who were arrested for running guns from the United States to the Republic of Ireland for eventual use in Northern Ireland by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

The operation was first uncovered in 1999 and the group were convicted in 2000[1]

The group was able to send about a 100 handguns, rifles and shotguns, as well as armour-piercing ammunition. The weapons were mailed from Fort Lauderdale in packages containing toys and electronics.[2]

Browne later said that Claxton "spent more than US$100,000 off the books on semi- and fully automatic weapons".

In August 1999, the IRA, through the Irish republican newspaper An Phoblacht, denied sanctioning the plot.[3] This contradicts Conor Claxton's testimony that he was sent to Florida by a senior IRA official and that they needed higher approval to complete the arms mission.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Four face 'IRA smuggling' charges", BBC News, 2002-11-20. Accessed 2007-10-05.
  2. ^ "Six Held in N.Ireland Over IRA Florida Gun Case", Reuters. Accessed 2007-10-05.
  3. ^ Wilson, Jamie."IRA denies sanctioning US gun plot",The Guardian, 1999-08-07. Accessed 2007-10-05.
  4. ^ "Lies catch up with Teflon leaders", NewsHound. Accessed 2007-10-05

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