Gardaí warn Kinahan gang: 'You will be chased down and dismantled'
Gardaí have issued a warning to crime boss Christy Kinahan: “You and your gang will be chased down and dismantled”
Michael O’Sullivan, chief assistant commissioner, said nobody was above the law and Kinahan and his gang would be pursued no matter where they were.
He added: “There is no criminal gang which has stood the test of time.”
Speaking at Templemore College at a Garda passing out ceremony, he said gardaí had been investigating the Kinahans since 1986 and had scored many successes.
“The criminal fraternity tend to get arrested, come out, reoffend, get arrested, and go back again.
“Any criminal plying their trade, whether a drug dealer or armed robbers, are a hindrance and danger to the public. There is nobody who is beyond the law. There is nobody who is invincible and can’t be caught. And I think history has shown that.”
Mr O’Sullivan, who heads the drugs and organised crime bureau, said: “Eventually their members, both at a high level and in the middle management level, are arrested and their empires fall apart. Criminal history will show you that if you look back at the last 20 years, you will see gangs come and gangs go and we meticulously investigate them.
“We will dismantle them. We take their organisations apart, arrest them, whether here or have them arrested in countries abroad, and eventually try to dissolve and dismantle their criminal organisation.”
Seven people have been shot dead in a bloody feud between the Kinahan and Hutch gangs, however, Mr O’Sullivan said gardaí have prevented five assassination attempts in recent months.
“We are working at dismantling criminal groups, not just the group involved in this [Dublin] feud, as history will show there have been feuds throughout the years both in Dublin and in Limerick.
“Many go on for a long time, and I think one message that has to go out is ‘we don’t give up; we will keep going, investigating for as long as it takes’.”
Of the 144 probationary gardaí who left Templemore College yesterday to continue their training in stations around the country, 103 are male and 41 female.
