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The former home of Kinahan cartel gangster Sean McGovern has been burned in an arson attack.
The € 155,000 property on Kildare Road in Crumlin was attacked by two masked men around 12:10 yesterday morning.
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Gardai believes that one of the men gained access to the empty platform through the roof before setting it on fire.
The couple later escaped in a silver car when neighbors raised the alarm.
We can also reveal that the house, seized by the Office for Criminal Assets under Operation Lamp, was recently bought by Dublin City Council for a local family.
Gardai in Crumlin is now tracking CCTV cameras in the area in an attempt to identify the suspects.
PROBE COP
Investigators have now launched an investigation for inflicted and criminal damages.
The arson comes after a property previously owned by cartel lieutenant Liam Byrne was bombarded with gasoline in August.
Today, McGovern lives in Dubai with Daniel and Christopher Kinahan.
He fled to Dubai after emerging as a ‘person of interest’ in the murder of Noel ‘Duck Egg’ Kirwan two days before Christmas in 2016.
SENIOR CARTER ‘LIEUTENANT’
McGovern, who was injured in the shooting at the Regency hotel, has been described as a ‘lieutenant’ of the cartel by CAB.
Her home has remained bricked up after the CAB seized it in 2018 under the proceeds of crime legislation.
The arson also occurred just hours after it emerged that Christy ‘Dapper Don’ Kinahan was charged in Spain with passport fraud.
A source said: “It is unclear if this is related to the prosecution in Spain and if the cartel has ordered one of its cohorts to set the property on fire.
“It could also be the case of a rival criminal gang giving two fingers to the Kinahans.
PRIVATE HOME FAMILY
“All he has done is deprive a family of a home. The fire could also have destroyed other houses ”.
Although McGovern’s house was purchased for € 155,000, an additional € 247,362 was spent on renovating the home.
The construction work, which was carried out without planning permission, involved the construction of additional rooms and a gym in the modest family home.
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At McGovern’s home, CAB investigators also found a Rolex watch worth € 10,500 and € 10,000 in cash.
CAB investigators also established how the € 155,000 was sent to McGovern via a “wire transfer” in 2015 from cocaine kingpin James Mulvey.
Mulvey, who is now serving a 32-year sentence in the UK for conspiring to import 80 million euros worth of cocaine and cannabis into Britain, claimed that his account was established for “the education and well-being of his family.”
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