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CONDEMNED DRUG DEALER John Gilligan and his son have been arrested by the police in Spain.
The 68-year-old was arrested along with two other men, one of whom is believed to be his son, in the Alicante area.
It is not yet known why the three men are being detained.
This arrest comes a year after a case against Gilligan was dismissed, who was arrested on more than 20,000 euros on criminal property charges. He was detained at Belfast International Airport with € 22,280 in cash as he was about to board a flight to Alicante in Spain.
Prosecutors argued that he intended to purchase a prescription drug in Spain for distribution on the Irish drug market. His defense said it was a sensitive case.
Gilligan was acquitted of the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin in 2001, but that same year he was sentenced to 28 years in prison for drug trafficking.
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He was released from Portlaoise Prison in 2013. An attempt was made on his life a few weeks later when a gunman entered a pub near where Gilligan was drinking. Gilligan later dismissed the attempt as a “Halloween joke.”
In 2014, another attempt was made on his life when he was shot four times while attending a family christening in Clondalkin. After being released from the hospital, Gilligan was seen boarding a ferry to the UK.
With reports from Garreth MacNamee
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