Major operation against European network |Crime Scene Spain: "THIRTY-TWO people were arrested throughout Europe in a coordinated sting against a European drug and arms trafficking network operating in Malaga, London and Dublin.
The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) informed that the ringleader is 53-year-old Cristopher Kinahan, was arrested on the Costa del Sol by National Police who also took in his two sons, several British and Irish citizens and four Spanish lawyers.
On the Costa del Sol, the operation was led by an Estepona court and 17 people were arrested in Marbella, Estepona, Fuengirola and Mijas. More than 122 properties have been searched.
The investigation began in 2008. In February 2008, 28-year-old Irishman Paddy Doyle was shot down in Estepona. It was first thought that it was a settling of scores between rival gangs but the police investigation led to something much bigger.
The gang may also be involved in the deaths of 39-year-old Peter M, who was shot in Nueva Andalucia in August 2008, and Richard K., aged 30, shot in Benalmadena in February 2009. The same year, the charred body of a missing Irish citizen was found in a pipe in La Cala de Mijas."
