Leading Kinahan cartel figure Sean McGovern arrested in Dubai in connection with Dublin murder [Video]

LAST UPDATE | 11 hrs ago

THERE HAS BEEN a major development in the garda investigation into the Kinahan Organised Crime Group as alleged key gang leader Sean McGovern has been arrested in Dubai.

McGovern was shot in the botched Hutch gang hit to kill Daniel Kinahan at the Regency Hotel in 2016 which was a catalyst for an escalation in the Hutch/Kinahan feud. 

An arrest warrant had been issued for his arrest in connection with the murder of Noel “Duck Egg” Kirwan in December 2016. It was seen as a revenge attack for the Regency murder because Kirwan was a friend of Gerry Hutch.

It is understood he was arrested by Dubai police in the Emirati city this morning – McGovern has been hiding out there since 2016. 

He has been named in the Special Criminal Court by Detective Superintendent David Gallagher while giving evidence in the trial of Michael Crotty, who is accused of …