Gardaí hunt for crime boss after seven arrests

Gardaí were last night hunting down the head of an organised crime network after arresting his girlfriend and six gang members in a massive “shakedown”.

A Garda team was trying to locate the man yesterday following a swoop on 30 homes and businesses across west Dublin.

The gang is suspected of targeting the parental home of a drug officer in a pipebomb attack last November in retaliation for a succession of drug busts last year.