Daniel Kinahan has been arrested in Dubai over ‘serious organised crime offences’ and faces extradition back to Ireland.
Mr Kinahan, who is in his 40s, was arrested on foot of an arrest warrant issued by the Irish courts in relation to alleged serious organised crime offences.
The Garda has said it is aware of the arrest of an Irish national in the United Arab Emirates.
‘The male, in his late 40s, was arrested on foot of an arrest warrant issued by the Irish courts in relation to alleged serious organised crime offences,’ the Garda said in a statement on Friday.
They added that the arrest ‘remains a matter for the authorities in the United Arab Emirates at this time’.
The Garda said the ‘arrest is another extremely important demonstration of the need for international law enforcement co-operation in tackling transnational organised crime’.
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