In the macro-operation of the Civil Guard against organized crime carried out in the early hours of Wednesday in Lanzarote where nine people were arrested, including the Irish mobster Gerry Hutch (The Monk), "there is also a close relative and a lawyer of Hutch who worked for him", according to RTÉ, the Irish public television.
During this Friday, the nine detainees have already begun to testify before the judge of the investigating court number 2, among whom two are Irish and the rest of other nationalities, "some supposedly English".
The media has also made public that "during the search of his house in the Irish city of Clontarf, the country's authorities seized electronic devices and documentation that were handed over to the security forces of Spain".
In total, the Civil Guard has carried out ten searches after the investigation to dismantle this criminal gang has been carried out for more than two years, according to RTÉ. Also, "the operation has focused on the movements of large sums of money and the purchase of a series of properties in Spain".
According to public television, The Monk had been traveling regularly between Spain and Ireland since he was released last year after the Special Criminal Court declared him innocent of the murder of David Byrne.
In addition, "Gerry Hutch had a house in Lanzarote, where the close relative also arrested has been living for approximately two years", the media reports.