The Spanish National Police stands guard outside the headquarters.
- The escaped Irish crime leader Gerry Hutch, also known as the “monk”, was arrested by the police in Spain, where he was hiding.
- Wanted in Ireland, Hatch lives in Fuengirola, where he “relies on the logistics network” to provide his hideout with everything he needs.
- He is related to the murder of a member of a rival group during a boxing weigh-in at the Regent Hotel in Dublin in 2016.
MADRID-Spanish police said on Tuesday that they had arrested a fugitive leader of an organized crime group in Ireland, who was wanted for murder in Ireland.
Spanish police said in a statement that officials arrested Grihaci, also known as a “monk,” at a restaurant in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain on Thursday.
The statement added that the 58-year-old has been living in the center of Fuengirola, where he “relies on the logistics network to provide him with everything he needs without having to leave his hiding place”.
‘Most dangerous’
Spanish police described him as one of Ireland’s “most dangerous criminals” and he was wanted for murdering a member of a hostile organized crime group during a boxing weigh-in at the Dublin Regency Hotel in 2016.
Irish authorities believe that the regency attack was carried out by the Hatch organized criminal group in retaliation for the murder of Hatch’s nephew Gary Hatch in Mijas on the Costa del Sol in 2015.
The monk Gerry Hutch is the uncle of Gary Hutch who was murdered in Mijas in 2015. The boxers he weighed in the video were Jamie Kavanagh, the son of Gerard Hacha Kavanagh, and Gerard Hacha Kavanagh. Hacha Kavanagh, who worked for Kinahan, was murdered on the terrace of a bar in Marbella in 2014. pic.twitter.com/tHsRKWeMU4
-NIPORTWIFI © (@niporwifi) August 13, 2021
According to a police statement, the “fierce war” between the two groups resulted in “nearly 20 deaths” in both Ireland and Spain.
Hatch left Ireland shortly after the attack on the Regency. He is believed to have lived in the Canary Islands in Spain for a while before moving to Fuengirola earlier this year.
Do not miss a story. Choose from our newsletter Send the news you want directly to your inbox.
We live in a world where facts and fiction are blurred
In uncertain times, you need news that you can trust.Just for R75 per month, You can access a world of in-depth analysis, investigative news, popular opinions, and a range of features. Journalism strengthens democracy. Invest in the future today.
