New footage reveals the moment a high-ranking member of a drugs smuggling gang was arrested at a UK airport.
Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh admitting conspiring to import Class A and B drugs, as well as money laundering, alongside two associates, before the trio were handed more than 60 years in jail between them.
Kavanagh, 54, of Tamworth, Staffordshire, is seen dressed smartly in Birmingham Airport in newly released footage of his arrest on January 12, 2019. He says ‘no comment’ when handcuffed and told about the charges against him.supports HTML5 video Gary Vickery, 39, and 43-year-old Daniel Canning, both of Solihull, were handed 20 and 19-and-a-half year jail terms respectively.Canning, who was ‘subordinate to Vickery’, also admitted possessing a firearm and ammunition.He looked at the ceiling as his sentence was read out.
NCA Deputy Director of Investigations Matt Horne said: ‘Kavanagh was a high ranking member of the Kinahan cartel, an organised crime group synonymous with acts of violence. He was their main man in the UK. The judge added that ‘very significant efforts were taken to avoid detection’, noting that a gun was recovered from a lead-lined compartment inside a transformer at an industrial unit.He said the trio of defendants had ‘conspired together’ with a fourth man, Martin Byrne, who died before the case reached court.
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