Meeting with Dubai police gives gardaí 'clear picture' around Kinahan deportations

Ireland has no extradition treaty with the UAE but hopes that the authorities there will use precedents they have already set, where they previously deported major criminals to the Netherlands and Italy

A wanted poster of (left to right) Christopher Kinahan Jnr, Daniel Kinahan and Christopher Vincent Kinahan who continue to live in Dubai. Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

Gardaí are understood to have a “clear picture” of what is required to seek the deportation of Kinahan cartel leaders after a landmark Irish-UAE police meeting.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris travelled to the United Arab Emirates and met the Commander in Chief of the Dubai Police to discuss possible legal avenues for the deportations. That meeting on Tuesday came the day after he and Ireland’s Ambassador to the UAE, Alison Milton, met Government officials.