Analysis: How the Kinahans remodelled their drug operation in Ireland
Like Browning on Wednesday, Liam Byrne lost his assets to the Bureau in February, 2019, by which time he had already fled to Britain. His departure from the Republic coincided with the jailing of some of the men around him for crimes linked to the Kinahans’ feud with the Hutch faction. As a result, the cartel cut back in Ireland, including its members in prison no longer receiving their monthly retainers. The Kinahans also stopped supplying some of the gangs who made up its Irish customer base.
In a number of major Garda operations over the last year, gardaí have discovered cocaine processing plants able to handle consignments of the drug worth €10 million or more. Specific details of those franchisees cannot be set out at this time due to legal reasons. However, they have operated from industrial units – purporting to be legitimate businesses – just like that discovered in Dublin on Tuesday.
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