Airport arrest is latest blow to Kinahan cartel

Gardaí have scored another success against the Kinahan crime cartel after they arrested a suspected hit squad member after he landed off a flight at Dublin Airport.

The man, from Clondalkin, west Dublin, was met by detectives from the Drugs and Organised Crime (DOCB) Bureau in the arrivals hall after flying in with his family from Malta.

He was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and can be held under gangland legislation for a maximum period of seven days, on application to the courts.