Ten arrests in crackdown on tiger kidnap gang

GARDAÍ are confident they have broken a major criminal gang which specialised in so-called tiger kidnappings with the arrest of 10 people in dawn raids in Dublin yesterday.

The arrests were made in Dublin’s north inner city from 6.30am. Six men and four women, all in there 20s or 30s, were arrested. One of those in custody is believed to be a major criminal figure who has been implicated in a number of other tiger kidnappings.

Six of those arrested are being detained under section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007, which allows for a detention period of up to seven days, while four are being held under the provisions of section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939, that allows for three days questioning.