Mr Big Arrested for Lawlor Murder

0:00It's April 2nd. This is Europe News Today, powered by AI, your European briefing. I'm Cory with the story. A major arrest just went down in Dublin's North inner city, where Gardai nabbed a 47-year-old gangboss known as Mr. Big. He's facing extradition to Northern Ireland over the murder of his longtime rival Robbie Lawlor, who got gunned down in Belfast on April 4th, 2020. His joint probe between Gardai's national bureau of criminal investigation, and Northern Ireland's PSNI, has been grinding for years, zeroing in on Mr. Settis. Big suspected role in the hit. The bust happened this afternoon on a fresh extradition warrant, and he's locked up in a Dublin station ahead of a high court date tomorrow at 10. 30am. The few traces back to North Dublin streets like Koolok, where these two grew up before turning bitter enemies over drugs and power. Lawlor had already killed one of Mr. Big's top guys back in 2018, sparking a bloody trail that shocked everyone, including that horrific kid.

1:02Murder case involving Lawlor right before his own end. New leads pot from a source property raid last year, plus CCTV catching Mr. Big and Belfast right after the shooting. Sources say a botched getaway car nearly derailed the whole plot, and it's tying into wider busts, like a 50,000-year-old cash handoff, linked to a, bounty on Lawlor's head. With two suspects still awaiting trial of North, and more raids hitting Droketa gangs, this saga's far from over-expect ripples across the islands, underworld as Mr. Big fights that court showdown.