Searches in Ireland and Spain as arrests targeting Hutch crime group expected

Gardaí and Spanish police carried out searches across eleven properties. 

Multiple arrests are understood to be taking place in Spain against major players in the Hutch organised crime group. 

In addition to search operations of 10 properties in Lanzarote and one in Dublin, officers from Guardia Civil in Spain are expected to arrest a number of Irish people heavily linked to the Hutch group. The Dublin home of a prominent leader of the gang is among those that has been raided.