Dubliner living in Dubai, alongside Kinahans, for years but arrested in no-warning operation on Thursday
. Interpol is the first agency, in Ireland or internationally, to name McGovern as the man arrested and that extradition proceedings against the 38-year-old would begin immediately.law enforcement just over two years ago. He is regarded as a key figure in the cartel’s inner circle and is especially close to
It issued a ‘Red Notice’ for McGovern, which is a request to countries around the world to locate and arrest a suspect. That Red Notice came about because the DPP in Ireland directed McGovern should face charges relating to the murder of Noel Kirwan in Dublin in 2016 as part of the Kinahan Hutch feud. He is also charged with directing organised crime.
However, the Irish Government and senior Garda officers have engaged in years of diplomatic lobbying of the authorities in UAE in a bid to secure their co-operation in the fight against the cartel, whose leadership has been based in Dubai for about a decade.
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