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Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

Absolutely.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

And for a number of years now, GardaΓ­ basically been officially calling this crime organisation the biggest drug trafficking operation that's based in Ireland and has been for a number of years.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

I suppose in many ways considering GardaΓ­

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

Keelan Hand's kind of, we might touch a bit on it, kind of reckless criminal upbringing in the Midlands and so on.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

Certainly a very colourful character.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

A lot of people were surprised that someone maybe with his kind of reckless criminal intent that he's often displayed over the years would be put in charge of such a massive operation holding on to such a huge amount of drugs, allegedly of course.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

I forget his name now, but there was a truck driver, he was from Offaly, I think he was from Clara, links to all our organised crime gangs.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

He's serving a very hefty sentence in the UK for, I think he was taken down by a different app.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

All of them.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

And coached on him in the end.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

Obviously, it's a different app than the ghost.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

Yeah, we first kind of see court reports going back to years, I think he was aged only 17 when he was involved.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

It was a very nasty offence.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

Kind of bizarre, it was outlined that he drank 20 cans of beer.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

He seemed to have some kind of row with his partner or fallen out.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

So he basically just pissed off and he...

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

savagely attacks a randomer and causes very significant injuries to his ear.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

Yeah.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

I think that's the first time that, you know, there was any, and it was even juvenile when the offence occurred, he later got kind of a small jail sentence at district court level for it.

Crime World
How an out-of-control rural criminal rose to be a key manager in 'The Family' gang

Not actually too much later, even.