Cops have dealt a fresh hammer blow to the Kinahan cartel as they swooped on one of its alleged key members in Spain yesterday.
Spanish police arrested Johnny Morrissey at his home on the Costa Del Sol, months after he was named as one of the key members of the gang – and was hit with a massive US sanctions rap. English-born Morrissey was one of seven men named as key members of the €1billion cartel and sanctioned by America in April – including Christy, Daniel and Christopher Kinahan.
Detectives from six different police forces, including the Garda, the Spanish Civil Guard and powerful US DEA law enforcement agency, took part in the operation to snare Morrissey on Monday. The bald-headed Greater Manchester-raised expat, identified earlier this year by US authorities as a Kinahan enforcer and money launderer, smiled initially after being surrounded by cops and cuffed.
