‘Put up job’ was foiled after the gang’s encrypted messages were cracked and revealed efforts to get up to 40 weapons from NetherlandsKavanagh currently serving 21-year sentence Plot described in court as ‘organised crime at a high level’Kavanagh referred by multiple nicknames in chats
Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh
Members of the Kinahan crime group attempted to secure a rocket launcher, C4 explosives and up to 40 firearms in a failed effort to get a reduced sentence for senior figure Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh, a court has heard.
Kavanagh (57) was facing drug trafficking charges in the UK when he directed his associates, including senior gangster Liam Byrne (43), to acquire as many guns as possible in a short space of time before revealing their location to police.
