Jack Kavanagh was arrested last week at the Costa del Sol airport during a stopover between Dubai and Turkey and Liam Byrne, a “priority target” for the United Kingdom for arms trafficking, in Alcudia
The National Police has arrested in Malaga and Majorca to two men due to their alleged connection to kinahanhe Irish clan that was settled in the last decade on the Costa del Sol and whose leaders have been priced by the United States with million-dollar rewards for considering them an international organization dedicated to drug trafficking. According to the British National Crime Agency, the man arrested in Malaga is Jack Kavanagh22 years old and from Tamworth (Staffordshire) and was intercepted last Tuesday May 30 at the Malaga-Costa del Sol airportwhere he stopped from Dubai with the intention of continuing to fly until Türkiye.
More powerful is the profile of the man arrested in the Mallorcan town of alcudia. Is about Liam ByrneDubliner, 42 and priority objective of the Irish authorities for allegedly leading an organization dedicated to firearms trafficking in your country. In addition, Byrne is the brother of the man who died in the brutal assault on the Regency Hotel in 2016, one of the episodes that marked the war between the clans of Christopher Kinahan senior and Gerry Hutch, whose nephew was assassinated in Mijas months before. Also from Dubai, a country to which he had fled to elude the Irish authorities and continue operating from a distance, Byrne has been captured in Spain at trying to secretly meet with his family.
Orders of pistols and submachine guns
As reported by the General Directorate of Police, Liam led a group dedicated to buy pistols and submachine guns and then sell them to others organizations. “Many of these firearms were purchased specifically with systems that will not leave marked fingerprints and thus be able to commit crimes hindering the work of the police”, they explained before adding that they received an order from another organization for 14 firearms in a single batch.
The NCA’s investigation in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland has revealed numerous small arms, submachine guns and a large quantity of ammunition in a hidden hideout.