Court orders man’s surrender to Dutch authorities

A 36-year-old Dutch man arrested in Dublin during a Garda swoop on an alleged Kinahan gang property has had his surrender to Dutch authorities ordered by the High Court.

Naoufal Fassih, a Dutch citizen of Moroccan origin, is being sought in the Netherlands to face allegations of attempted murder, assault, possession of false documents, and money laundering, as well as for an alleged money-laundering offence here in Ireland.

The Amsterdam Public Prosecutor issued three European Arrest Warrants in respect of Mr Fassih on various dates in 2016. He was arrested by gardaí at an apartment believed to belong to the Kinahan crime gang on Dublin’s Baggott St last April. High Court extradition proceedings have been ongoing since.