Judge finds Kinahan gang trafficks drugs and weapons on 'international scale' as he jails 'foot-soldier' Mark Capper

The Kinahan crime organisation carries out execution-style murders and trafficks drugs and firearms on an international scale, the Special Criminal Court has found.

The Kinahan crime organisation carries out "execution-type murders" and trafficks drugs and firearms "on an international scale", the Special Criminal Court has found.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt today said the non-jury court accepted garda evidence on the organisation and structure of the cartel as he jailed a "foot soldier" for seven and a half years for helping to plan the murder of Patrick "Patsy" Hutch.