Cartel ‘running out of people to do their work’

Gardaí say the Kinahan crime cartel is “running out of people to do their work” after an international operation resulted in 13 arrests in Ireland and the Netherlands and the seizure of an estimated €10m worth of drugs.

Officers said international drug suppliers in Colombia, Spain, the Netherlands, and Belgium increasingly believe that doing business with the cartel is “too high-risk” because of the police heat they are attracting.

The 13 arrests included eight Irish men, at least five of them serious members, the most significant a long-time drug importer and money man, aged in his 50s, from the Ringsend part of Dublin’s south inner city.