Pal of mobster Greg Lynch is suspected of ordering botched bombing.
A convicted drug dealer with links to mobster Greg Lynch is suspected of ordering the botched bombing which destroyed a car in Dublin’s south inner city.
The high-powered bomb exploded after being placed under an SUV on Long Lane in Dublin 8 last Sunday night
A 21-year-old criminal was seen by locals “dripping in blood” as he fled the scene after the bomb exploded in his hands.
Witnesses claim the man wrapped part of his clothing around his arm and hand and clutched it to the side of his head, which was “roaring red”.
Gardai believe the bombing was ordered by a south inner city criminal who is in his 30s.
The man is well-known to gardai and previously served a lengthy prison sentence for drug smuggling offences a number of years ago.
He was also charged with involvement in a high profile gangland crime, but was acquitted by a jury following a trial.
He has links to mobster Greg Lynch and is particularly close to the heroin trafficker’s “right hand man”.
However, Lynch’s gang are not suspected of involvement in the bombing and detectives believe the motive was personal.
The owner of the vehicle is not involved in crime of any type and was targeted solely because of a friendship he had developed with a local woman.
The 21-year-old was seen stumbling from the scene and getting into a taxi on the junction of New Street and Clanbrassil Street.
Supt Dave Taylor of the Garda press office has appealed for anyone who may have collected the suspect to contact them.
