Dubai<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0authorities said they received a judicial file and “immediately launched intensive search and surveillance operations, leading to the suspect’s capture” within 48 hours.<\/p>\n They said the “Irish fugitive” was detained on 15 April over his “alleged role in an international organised crime network”.<\/p>\n Dublin’s high court previously named Kinahan as a senior figure in a crime gang involved in international drug trafficking operations and firearm offences.<\/p>\n In 2022, US authorities issued a reward of up to $5m for his arrest.<\/p>\n Kinahan was previously linked to the boxing world and co-founded a well-known management and promotions company – which later shut down.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Kinahan managed to escape but gang member David Byrne was killed, shot multiple times as he ran for the exit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Irish police confirmed on Friday that a man in his late 40s was taken into custody in line with the extradition agreement the two countries.<\/p>\n They said the arrest was a “matter for the authorities in the\u00a0United Arab Emirates<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at this time”.<\/p>\n “Today’s arrest is another extremely important demonstration of the need for international law enforcement co-operation in tackling transnational organised crime,” a statement added.<\/p>\n Source: \u00a0![\"Kinahan](\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/02\/768x432\/skynews-regency-dublin-regency-hotel_7155719.jpg?20260204173039\")
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