Daniel Kinahan could be extradited to Ireland within days

Daniel Kinahan could be extradited to Ireland as soon as this weekend.

The Irish Times reports a security plan is being put in place which could see the 49-year-old land by Sunday or Monday.

It comes after he lost his appeal against extradition from Dubai last week.

The alleged gang boss is expected to face charges around gang-related activity when he's brought back into the State.

There have been no confirmed sightings of Kinahan in Ireland since he attended the 2016 funeral in Dublin of David Byrne. Byrne was shot dead during the Hutch gang attack at the Regency Hotel in February 2016, although the armed gang’s main target was Kinahan.

The 49-year-old has been named by US and European agencies as leader of the Kinahan cartel and a key figure in the European super cartel, which, from Dubai, has controlled about a third of Europe’s cocaine supply.

Kinahan has been An Garda Síochána’s top criminal target for more than a decade, closely followed by his father and brother, Christy and Christopher jnr. He has been in custody since his arrest in Dubai in April on foot of an extradition request from the Irish authorities.