Spanish cops have arrested Kinahan "priority fugitive" Liam Byrne on the holiday island of Mallorca.
The "dangerous" Irishman is said to have led a wing of the cartel which trafficked pistols and submachine guns into Britain to be supplied to other criminal gangs. Many of these were described as "purchased specifically with systems which did not leave fingerprints so that crimes could be committed designed to evade police detection".
The weapons supply group had grown so important, that in just one order it received from a criminal customer, it was asked for 14 guns. Britain's top level anti-mafia force, the National Crime Agency (NCA), launched a probe into the cartel outfit after becoming aware of its activities.
