Suspected gang boss Daniel Kinahan returns to Ireland in high-security extradition

• Suspected Irish crime boss Daniel Kinahan has been extradited from Dubai and handed over to authorities in Ireland.
• Kinahan was arrested in Dubai in April after being named by the United States as one of three leaders of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group, with a $5m reward offered for their arrest.
• The extradition follows months of preparation, with an Irish government jet transporting Kinahan from the UAE to Ireland on Saturday.
• The operation is described as one of the largest security undertakings by the Irish government, involving snipers, bomb-proof vans, and signal jammers.
• Kinahan, who left Ireland after a 2016 assassination attempt and a feud with the Hutch crime gang, said in a voice message that he was “looking forward to getting back home”.

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‘Gangland crime boss’ Daniel Kinahan extradited from Dubai