Exclusive - This is the most significant arrest in the Garda crackdown on the Kinahan cartel to date and will see McGovern now facing an extradition hearing in the United Arab Emirates.

KINAHAN hood Sean McGovern has been arrested in Dubai on suspicion of murder, it has been confirmed. The Kinahan Cartel chief was lifted by police in the United Arab Emirates this morning in

The rise of Dublin man Sean McGovern to the upper echelons of the Kinahan cartel crime gang came as a surprise to gardaí who dealt with him in his younger years.

First arrest of senior cartel figure in Dubai raises hopes that Christy Kinahan and his sons, Daniel and Christopher Jnr, will be next

Police in the United Arab Emirates have detained McGovern, who is wanted for murder in Ireland, on the foot of a European Arrest Warrant issued in April 2022

Sean McGovern was arrested in the early hours of this morning and is currently in custody in the United Arab Emirates.

Irish authorities are seeking his extradition to Ireland, despite there being no extradition treaty between the two countries

There was concern with the authorities that the United Arab Emirates failed to move against him, though he has now been arrested in a major breakthrough for the Garda. He is the first senior cartel figure to be arrested in Dubai and his detention there will now increase confidence the UAE is now willing to also act against cartel founder Christy Kinahan Snr and his sons,

Sean McGovern, a senior figure in the Kinahan Organised Crime Group, has been arrested in Dubai. He was detained by police in the United Arab Emirates this morning. He is wanted in Ireland in connection with the murder of Noel Kirwan,