The Kinahans are like cornered rats in Dubai and can’t escape, gardai have revealed.
All three — dad Christy and sons Daniel and Christy Jnr — have failed to flee after rewards of €5million were offered for information leading to their arrests and convictions.
Interpol is working closely with American agents in the millionaire paradise playground and they keep the drug lords under round the clock surveillance.
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It is understood the US is also putting the United Arab Emirates government under severe pressure to arrest the three cartel chiefs.
Intense behind the scenes diplomatic negotiations have taken place and the Irish embassy in nearby Abu Dhabi has been kept briefed.
America is keen to bring them back to the USA to stand trial.
A senior Garda source said: “There are a lot of rumours that Christy Snr has left Dubai but it is not true.
“Because of the US sanctions against them they will find it difficult to go anywhere.
“The vast majority of countries across the globe won’t touch them with a barge pole and refuse to let them in.
“The only bolthole they could get is a country who is not a US ally but a country like China for instance tends to shoot drug dealers and smugglers, not accommodate them.”
Since the US Treasury put up €5million rewards to catch each of the Kinahans, the Americans have been effectively leading the hunt to catch them.
The gardai at the moment don’t have any officers on the ground in Dubai but are being kept up to speed by Interpol.
The source added: “Many bigger countries with a lot more resources than we have are determined to bring down the Kinahan cartel.
“We are letting them at it and giving them all the information and intelligence we can.
“The Americans have received piles of information in relation to their cocaine smuggling operations right across the globe.
“It is only a matter of time before all three of them are arrested. They are definitely going to get their comeuppance.”
If original gang boss Christy and his sons are tried in the US they could face 40 years behind bars.
The Americans now regard them as dangerous as the infamous Mexican drug baron, El Chapo Guzman, who was eventually captured after years on the run.
El Chapo is doing a life sentence in a US prison and is doing a life sentence in prison with an additional 30 years in the United States.
His story featured in the Netflix series Narcos.
The Kinahan drug smuggling operations are believed to be worth billions.
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