GARDAÍ are investigating separate reports that a major Irish drug dealer has been shot dead in Spain.

AN Irishman arrested in connection with a double murder in Spain is expected to appear in court today.

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.

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