Hutch to be brought before Spanish courts following arrest

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch has been detained in Spain as part of an international police investigation into suspected money laundering.

Spanish officials have confirmed Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch has been arrested following reports of an international police operation into money laundering.

They say the 61-year-old head of the Hutch family and a “group of people” held alongside him will be brought before the courts for “crimes allegedly related to drug trafficking and human trafficking".