The Kinahan Cartel’s No 1 man in Ireland, Ross Browning, was dealt another blow as officers of the Criminal Assets Bureau and gardai took possession of a second property linked to him.
Our images show officers arriving at a house on Deanstown Road in Finglas, Dublin 11 at 10am to take over the property after getting a court order last February.
The seizure of the Deanstown property - a three bed, two storey, mid terrace ex-local authority house, comes a day after officers took possession of the home of Browning in Garristown, north county Dublin and a cottage ‘Chestnut Lodge’ where Browning’s mother Julie Conway and her partner ex-garda David O’Brien had been living.
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The seizures are part of the CAB’s €1.4million case against Browning and several of his family members.
Central to the CAB’s claim is that Browning’s late grandfather William Conway initially purchased the Deanstown Road property in 2012 for €57k with money he claimed he received by way of compensation in 2008 and 2010.
The house was destroyed by fire prior to the purchase. The CAB claim the house was extensively repaired and renovated and was later sold for €120,000 - double the price - in the same year. The CAB alleges money from the proceeds of crime was used to complete this extensive work.
The CAB claim the late Mr Conway sold the house at Deanstown Road to his grandnephew Ian O’Heaire, a convicted drug dealer, who is a cousin of Browning, and then purchased the derelict cottage in Garristown.
Ross Browning was the person behind the acquisition and renovation of the house at Deanstown Road, Mr Justice Alexander Owens said earlier this year, adding Mr O'Heaire had no control over it, nor did he ever receive any rent.
It was also accepted by the High Court that Mr O'Heaire does retain some interest in the Deanstown Road property. The judge directed that he be paid out €103,000 of any sale by CAB of that asset, but the judge added no interest was to apply.
Similarly, the judge directed that Julie Conway and David O'Brien receive a percentage from the sale of 'Chestnut Lodge' because they had put some of their own money into the renovations. This included €40,000 borrowed from the Garda Credit Union.
Browning, originally from Hardwicke Street in Dublin’s inner city, didn’t challenge the €1.4 million Criminal Assets Bureau against him.
However, several members of his family denied CAB’s claim and said that money used came from legitimate sources.
A number of family members were named in the CAB case as being used to disguise Browning’s involvement including his sisters Cheryl and Robin, his aunt Lesley Conway, his late grandfather William Conway and his cousin Ian O’Heaire.
Browning - who was described in court as the Kinahan Cartel’s No.1 man in Ireland being at the heart of an international crime gang involved in €1 billion worth of illegal activities - tried to disguise his drug money in Ireland through his family members who in return enjoyed his generosity when it came to cars, jewellery and travel.
