![]() Garda Commissioner earlier this week vowed to take on both gangs – and urged the people of Finglas to help his officers in the fight.Īnd Mr Harris yesterday told the Policing Authority that he would not tolerate open drug dealing in any community.Portadown uvf members In the 1970s, the mid-Ulster UVF began to make a name for itself under “particularly vicious” men like Robin Jackson, Billy Hanna, and Wesley Somerville. ![]() They believe pals of Whelan – murdered after he had a falling out with Flashy- are intent on avenging his death.īut Flashy is himself a dangerous criminal and gardai believe it is more likely his associates will target Whelan’s pals first. Nobody in the houses is connected to the feud or involved with crime. The second woman was uninjured in that attack,Īnother property was targeted early on Sunday and gardai are now braced for further attacks. Then a few hours later associates of Whelan – who was killed by the Flashy mob in April – targeted another innocent woman’s home in the area. She was only saved from death because a smoke alarm alerted her partner and he managed to get her out of the house. That attack came just days after three other properties were targeted by the two gangs involved in the deadly feud.Ĭriminals targeted the home of murder victim James Whelan’s innocent mother Sonya in Finglas early on Saturday - in an attack that almost cost her her life. The home of James Whelan's mother was attacked (Image: Collins)Ī few hours later an unoccupied house in the Ratoath Drive area of Finglas was burned out in an arson attack - which gardai believe was carried out by Flashy’s mob. Gardai first searched a house in the area and arrested the suspect in his 20s over the shooting early yesterday.īut they then searched another house where they found the handgun and pistol – and arrested a man in his 30s and two women in their 20s.Īll four were being questioned at Finglas and Blanchardstown Garda stations and can be detained for up to three days. The warning came as gardai targeted the Flashy gang as part of an investigation into a feud-related shooting last January – and seized a weapon. “It’s hard to believe there won’t be more attacks,” a source said last night. And they said gardai in Finglas are braced for fresh violence between the Flashy drugs and its rivals – as tensions between them are now at boiling point. Sources say gardai believe that attack was a message from Flashy to his rivals – as well as officers investigating him. READ MORE: Gardai fear all out war over Mr Flashy gang feud after firebomb attack on home of James Whelan's mumīut within hours of yesterday’s raids in Finglas that saw the alleged Flashy henchman and three other people arrested, the same gang mounted a brazen daylight arson attack in the area – and badly damaged a house. Rival James Whelan (29) has already been murdered in that war and gardai have vowed to take down both gangs – to make sure nobody else dies. Sources have confirmed that yesterday’s operation in Finglas, north Dublin – in which officers seized a pistol and silencer – was aimed at disrupting Flashy’s drugs gang and stopping further bloodshed in its war with a rival outfit. Gardai were last night quizzing an ally of gangster Mr Flashy – after armed gardai moved against his gang.
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