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A MEMBER of the notorious Kinahan cartel caused trouble at a bar in Mallorca just one day before his arrest on the Spanish island. The owner of Irish bar O’Malley’s revealed the individual, believed to be Liam Byrne, was part of a group that refused to pay their bill. The 20-strong mob, who had been drinking heavily, became unruly when the bar owner placed the tab on the table and refused to settle up. “The group didn’t want to pay. I threatened to call the police and he did pay,” the owner revealed, asking not to be
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named. “There were about 20 of them and they tried to cause trouble. When I mentioned the police, they went quiet.” The owner added: “I didn’t know who he was and in fact I’m glad I didn’t know. Here in Spain he is just another tourist.” Byrne, 42, was detained the following day at a restaurant in Alcudia while having a meal with family members. Spanish authorities swooped after Byrne had entered Palma from the United Arab Emirates using a false passport. They were acting on a warrant related to gun-running charges in the UK linked to the ‘Encrochat hack’, which
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UNRULY: Kinahan man Byrne was wanted in the UK gave European police forces access to the online chats of various organised crime groups across Europe. The UK National Crime Agency (NCA) discovered that Byrne had recently travelled to Mallorca to secretly reunite with relatives who were on the island. They contacted their Spanish counterparts who managed to locate a car that he used, and from that they traced his whereabouts and arrested him at the restaurant. Byrne had previously fled arrest
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