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Daniel Kinahan arrested in Dubai over alleged links to ‘international organised crime’ | UK News

Daniel Kinahan arrested in Dubai over alleged links to ‘international organised crime’ | UK News

Irish national Daniel Kinahan has been arrested in Dubai over alleged links to an “international organised crime network”. He was detained after a court in Ireland issued an arrest warrant Dubai authorities said they received a judicial file and “immediately launched intensive search and surveillance operations, leading to the suspect’s capture” within 48 hours. They said the “Irish fugitive” was detained on 15 April over his “alleged role in an international organised crime network”. Dublin’s high court previously named Kinahan as a senior figure in a crime gang involved in international drug trafficking operations and firearm offences. In 2022, US authorities issued a reward of up to $5m for his arrest. Kinahan was previously linked to the boxing world and co-founded a well-known management and promotions company – which later shut down. In 2016, a bloody feud with the rival Hutch gang led to an attempt on his life when men disguised as armed police opened fire at a boxing weigh-in at a Dublin hotel. Kinahan managed to escape but gang member David Byrne was …