Gardaí consider recommending organised crime charges against arrested members of 'The Family' crime group

Three brothers, including the overall gang boss, and two other senior figures were arrested by elite armed gardaí in a swoop on Monday in west Dublin. Picture: Garda Press Office

Gardaí are examining the prospect of recommending organised crime charges — including membership and direction of a crime group — against Ireland’s top gang boss and four of his lieutenants.

The five men are considered to form the bulk of the “leadership structure” of the biggest drug trafficking gang in the country, known as ‘The Family’.