Suspected Kinahan gang members charged with firearm offences in UK

They appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday where they were formally charged with firearm offences.

Thomas Kavanagh has been charged with firearm offences. Picture: National Crime Agency

Three men suspected of being members of an organised crime group have been charged with firearm offences, the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.

Thomas Kavanagh, 55, from Tamworth, Staffordshire, as well as Shaun Kent, 37, and Daniel McLoughlin, 36, from Liverpool, are suspected of being members of the Kinahan organised crime group, which operates in Ireland, the NCA said.