Alleged Irish crime boss Daniel Kinahan is arrested in Dubai | CNN

Daniel Kinahan, the alleged leader of one of Ireland’s biggest criminal networks, has been arrested in Dubai, Irish media reported Friday. Ireland’s national police force, the Garda Síochána, said an Irish man in his late 40s was arrested on Wednesday under a warrant from Irish courts over alleged serious organized crime offenses. The force said it was “steadfast in our determination that we would pursue those allegedly involved in serious organized criminal activity, wherever they go.” Dubai Police said they had arrested an “Irish fugitive for his alleged role in an international organized crime network.” Police did not identify Kinahan, who is in his late 40s, by name. Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTE, confirmed he was the arrested man. The High Court in Dublin previously named Kinahan, who lives in the United Arab Emirates, as a senior figure in an organized crime gang involved in international drug trafficking operations and firearm offenses. A feud between the Kinahan cartel and the rival Hutch gang has been linked to 18 killings in Ireland since 2015. In 2016, David Byrne, an associate of the Kinahan cartel, was shot dead at a boxing weigh-in at the Regency