Two more arrests over Lunney attack
Two men have been arrested in Dublin in connection with the ongoing investigation into the kidnapping and torture of Quinn Industrial Holdings Director Kevin Lunney.
The two men are believed to be aged in their 30's, and were arrested during a planned operation in Dublin this morning. They are being questioned at Ballymun and Finglas garda stations.
RTE were the first to report the development this morning.
An Garda Siochana have yet to confirm the arrests.
The arrests follow that two other men and a woman as part of the inquiry earlier this month.
They were all later released from Garda custody without charge with a file pending for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The two males were aged in their 20s and 40s respectively, and were detained under section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007.
Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 applies to detention in connection with the following offences: Murder involving the use of a firearm or explosive.
The female, aged in her fifties, was held for questioning under Section 30 of Offences Against The State Act, 1939, which pertains to the alleged withholding of certain information.
Mr Lunney was abducted on September 17 as he was making his way home from work.
The 50-year-old father of six was later discovered badly injured on a rural roadside in Cornafean. He had been tortured for several hours, branded by his attackers, an doused in bleach.
Other searches were also carried out at both residential and commercial properties in Cavan, Longford and Dublin, and also follow the establishment of a joint team protocol to investigate a campaign of intimidation, including death threats, targeting QIH directors.
That led to gardai, along with police in Northern Ireland and Derbyshire Constabulary, searching a total of 13 properties across the UK and Ireland. They searched a mix of domestic dwellings and business premises in five locations in Co Cavan, three locations in Co Longford, and four locations in Dublin. In the UK, the PSNI searched five locations in Northern Ireland, with the Derbyshire Constabulary swooping on a house in near Buxton.
Over 100 members of An Garda Siochana were involved in the raids, which were in part coordinated from Cavan Garda Station. It included members from the Cavan/Monaghan Garda Division, Regional Support Units, National Support Service (NSS) Dog Units, National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI), Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (DOCB) and National Public Order Unit.
An Garda Síochána is continuing to appeal to anyone who may have any information to contact them at Cavan Garda Station 049 4368800, the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111, or Crime Stoppers on 1800 25 00 25 or any Garda Station.