GARDAÍ were last night gathering information on an Irish man arrested yesterday by Spanish police in connection with the discovery of two bodies, thought to be those of missing Dublin criminals.

APART from their families and loved ones, there will be few in Blanchardstown who will mourn the news from Spain.

The bodies of two men – believed to be the missing leaders of an Irish crime gang – have been recovered in Alicante.

Gangs of criminals in west Dublin have long been engaged in turf wars but they are now turning their weapons on each other, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

REPORTS that a notorious criminal may be in hiding in North Africa were the latest in a growing number of hoax or false sightings, gardaí yesterday said.

ONE doubting detective has called it The Spanish Job. The rumoured abduction of the notorious Westies in Alicante could be a con job.

BAKING in the Mediterranean sun, Alicante, on Spain’s Costa Blanca, is a popular destination for Irish holidaymakers.

The suspected leader of the so-called “Westies” criminal gang is reportedly feared dead after being kidnapped along with a close associate near a Spanish holiday resort 10 days ago.

GARDAÍ in Dublin are preparing for bloody retaliation after yesterday’s fatal shooting of a man believed to have had strong connections to the notorious crime gang known as the Westies.

Gardaí in Dublin are preparing for possible revenge attacks following the murder of a man with gang connections in the city at the weekend.