A woman in her 20s, a close associate of a Drogheda feud mob boss, is facing charges of money laundering and social welfare theft. This charge is part of Operation Stratus, a long-running investigation targeting organized crime in Co Louth.
A close associate of a Drogheda feud mob boss is due to appear in Drogheda District Court this morning charged with money laundering and social welfare theft offences. The woman, in her 20s, has been targeted as part of Operation Stratus, which was set up in 2018 targeting organised criminal activity in the Co Louth area.
As part of the investigation, so far a total of 11 women and one man - who are close associates of one side of the feuding gangs in the town - have already been charged for similar money laundering offences in recent weeks. One of those females has also been charged with facilitating the activities of a criminal gang and drug importation. It is expected several more are also to be charged as part of the investigation. During the height of the feud between two criminal gangs, which escalated in July 2018 after mob boss Owen Maguire was shot several times and left paralysed, there have been four murders and over 100 serious criminal incidents of petrol bombs, serious assaults and a kidnapping. The feud also claimed the life of teenager Keane Mulready-Woods who was murdered and dismembered in a house in Rathmullen Park in the town in January 2020. Two brothers who lead one side of the feuding gangs have fled the country while several others have been jailed for their roles in the feud. These include Paul Crosby, who was jailed for ten years for facilitating Keane Mulready-Woods' murder, Gerard 'Rocky’ Cruise, who was jailed for seven years while Gerard 'Ged’ McKenna was jailed for cleaning up the house in Rathmullan Park where the teenager was murdered. Robbie Lawlor, who was suspected of the murder of 17-year-old Keane was shot dead in Belfast in April 2020.
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