Head of 'The Family' drug trafficking gang arrested along with four others 

The arrests are described as hitting the 'leadership structure' of the network known as 'The Family', who have replaced the Kinahan crime cartel as the biggest drug traffickers in the country

The head of Ireland’s biggest drug trafficking gang has been arrested along with four other lieutenants, in a major swoop by elite gardaí.

The five arrests, which include two brothers of the overall leader, are described as hitting the “leadership structure” of the network, known as ‘The Family’.