We have learned that the criminal – suspected of leading the outfit known as The Family – was arrested on Sunday evening at Dublin Airport.
08:18, 26 Jan 2026Updated 08:31, 26 Jan 2026
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The man suspected of leading Ireland’s biggest crime gang is in custody tonight – after armed gardai arrested him at Dublin Airport.
We have learned that the criminal – suspected of leading the outfit known as The Family – was arrested on Sunday evening at Dublin Airport.
He was arrested by armed detectives from the Garda National Drugs and Crime Bureau – the force’s main anti-gangland unit.
We have established that the criminal, from the Clondalkin area of Dublin, is to appear in court in the city on Monday morning.
Sources say he is to face a charge of directing a crime gang – an offence that can carry a sentence of up to life upon conviction.
Gardai have been targeting the Dubliner for years – as they believed he led The Family, which makes millions of euro a month from the drugs trade.
It is now the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau’s main target and makes at least €10 million a month from selling cocaine, heroin and cannabis on the streets of Dublin. It has replaced the Kinahan cartel as the biggest drugs gang in Ireland.
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