Suspected Irish gang boss Daniel Kinahan charged with directing organised crime group

Suspected Irish gang boss Daniel Kinahan charged with directing organised crime group Daniel Kinahan was flown from Dubai back to Ireland aboard a £39 million jet to face charges of directing a criminal organisation and taken to court with a guard of armed cops and Irish Defence Forces Daniel Kinahan, 49, has been remanded in custody after appearing before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin charged with directing an organised crime group. It comes after the arrest in April in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of the Dublin boxing promoter, who is an alleged leader of the Kinahan organised crime group. Mr Kinahan, in his late 40s, was flown on a £39 million government jet belonging to the Irish Air Corps from Dubai to Ireland today where he was arrested after touching down at Dublin's Baldonnel Airport at around 6.30pm. Kinahan was then whisked under armed guard from both law enforcement and the Irish Defence Forces to a special Sunday hearing at the Special Criminal Court to face charges of directing an organised crime group. Shortly after the plane landed, a convoy of vehicles with blacked-out windows left the aerodrome at high speed. Two separate convoys then arrived at Dublin’s Special Criminal Court, as crowds watched. The Irish Prison Service reportedly bought a bulletproof and bombproof van for transporting high-risk prisoners ahead of the operation. Several BMWs drove through an open gate and into the underground car park at the court, with the gate swiftly closing behind them.