The chief in charge of the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau has warned anyone tempted to take on a role in a drugs gang that they should be prepared to be locked up.
Detective Chief Superintendent Angela Willis, who has overseen the Bureau’s response to organised crime and, in particular, the dismantling of the Kinahan mafia, says nobody is outside its reach.
“Whatever your role. If you are one of our targets you better be ready to go to prison. It doesn’t matter what your role is, a group can’t operate without all its components,” she said.
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A member of the Kinahan cartel has been jailed for nine years after armed gardaí caught him with a loaded gun in a cabin at the back of a house in Dublin.
Trevor Byrne, of Cappagh Road, Finglas, Dublin 11, also had just over €3,000 in his pocket when the house was raided on November 15th last year.
He claimed he only had the gun because there was a threat on his life at the time, but gardaí believed it was to be used in a gangland hit.
Detective Chief Superintendent Angela Willis made a brief statement outside court following today’s sentencing.