Kinahan cartel ‘no longer exists’ in Ireland, says gardaí, as Hutch gang remains active

Detective Chief Superintendent Séamus Boland said investigations will not finish until gardaí achieve the 'complete and utter dismantling' of the Hutch and Kinahan organised crimes groups and the prosecution of their leaders. File Picture: PA

The Hutch crime group is still a “primary” drug trafficking gang in Ireland, but the Kinahan cartel “no longer exists” in this country as it did at the “height of its power” a decade ago, An Garda Síochána's top gangland investigator has said.

Detective Chief Superintendent Séamus Boland warned, however, that while the Kinahan cartel has gone “quiet” within Ireland, experience shows such gangs will “always come to the fore again”. However, he stressed gardaí are watching them.