Senior Garda officers concerned Byrne (42) not arrested and extradition process commenced while he was living in Dubai
“When that happened the media was all over it, saying the UAE were getting serious about clamping down on the Kinahans and people like them,” said one source of the UAE reaching agreement with Europol. “But now you have the proof of the pudding: Byrne charged in England and the British can’t get to extradite him, they’re still depending on the Spanish and on leaving Dubai.”
And while media reports have linked the Kinahans to other parts of the world of late, including Iran, gardaí believe Dubai was set to remain crucial to the cartel’s operations for the foreseeable future. As a much younger man he spent time in prison but that was for a robbery when he was aged 17 years and for beating a man with a baseball bat in an attack related to a personal dispute. Byrne has never been charged with any crimes related to the drugs trade or gangland crime. However, his arrest in Mallorca at the weekend changed all that.
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