Gerry Hutch’s son to be extradited to Ireland

Jason Hutch has been locked in a court battle to avoid returning to Dublin from Spain after a Garda operation alleging he had been involved with organised crime and money laundering.

Young Hutch had appealed a ruling last month by Madrid’s Audiencia Nacional court, which deals with extraditions, who said he should be surrendered to Ireland following an arrest in April in Lanzarote.

The court dismissed his appeal and confirmed the July 8 decision to proceed with his extradition.

Hutch’s defence lawyer Emilio Cabrera claimed at the time, his client had been targeted because his father had been running in the Dublin Central by-election.

The Spanish police said in a statement after Jason Hutch’s arrest in April: “Spanish National Police, in conjunction with the Gardaí, have arrested in Tias in Lanzarote a fugitive wanted over his membership of the Hutch criminal organisation.

“The arrested man was the individual named in a European Arrest Warrant, and he was held 24 hours after the emission of an alert within the ENFAST network.

“He is considered to be one of the leaders of the criminal organisation’s intelligence cell, as well as managing money movements together with his father.

“After being made aware of his possible presence in Spain, officers began an operation to locate him and were able to do so on Saturday together with Garda officers who had travelled to Spain specifically for that purpose."