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ARA to target stood down UDA man

on 1 April 2005 , 12:00 am | 0 views

Looks like Jim Gray, the UDA commander who’s recently been stood down, is another likely target for the Assets Recovery Agency. They’ve been noticably busier of late: almost entirely concentrating on Loyalists.

  • Davros

    Excellent news.

  • Gonzo

    It certainly is. Looks like the IRA is right though – if ARA success is anything to go by, the IRA doesn’t engage in criminality(!)

  • idunnomeself

    au contraire Gonzo

    They’re concentrating on quick wins- they are menat to go ‘self funding’ as soon as they can and drugs (being more harmful to the community than diesel smuggling and counterfeit burberry I suppose).

    The IRA will be harder to unravel- more international, more complex.

    Anyway as I live in a Unionist area I am glad they are concentrating in the criminals nearest me, rather than the ones in Nationalist areas! I think Dodds has the wrong end of teh stick altogether..

  • Loyalist

    Excellent news, I hope they take every penny!

  • Fermanagh Young Unionist

    As much as I agree that the ARA should be tackling Loyalist crime I think they shouldn’t be scared of going after the IRA. Their probably selling as many drugs and stealing as many cars as the LVF/UDA etc.

  • Jacko

    “Anyway as I live in a Unionist area I am glad they are concentrating in the criminals nearest me, rather than the ones in Nationalist areas! I think Dodds has the wrong end of teh stick altogether..”

    Yes, Dodds just had to find a sectarian angle. If I lived in a nationalist area I would be raging that the thugs on my side weren’t being dealt with.

  • ricky

    That is good news. But what about the ones who smuggle feul in South Armagh. You know who I am talking about

  • Éamonn

    Its great the way ARA sounds incredibly similar to the irsh word aire which means attention