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Cyril McGuinness had More Than 50 convictions

The main suspect in The Investigation of the kidnapping and torture of Northern Ireland business man died during a RAID by The Police in England.

Cyril McGuinness, 54, is thought to have suffered a Heart Attack , as The Police searched his Derbyshire home on Friday.

The Search was part of a joint police operation in the UK and Ireland, were raided almost 20 properties.

Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) executive Kevin Lunney was beaten by a gang in September 17.

Derbyshire Constabulary said its officers carried out The Search of McGuinness's home in Buxton on behalf of The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

"Shortly after the arrest warrant, a 54-year-old man was included in the property of the sick was carried out by 07:30 GMT," added Derbyshire Constabulary .

The Force said officers administered first aid and called the paramedics, but The Man died.

Who Cyril McGuinness was?

A convicted smuggler, Cyril McGuinness was known as "Dublin Jimmy" and had an extensive criminal record.

The 54-year-old from Derrylin in County Fermanagh , in a study of BBC Northern Ireland 's Spotlight programme in the year 2004 in The Illegal transport of waste.

In 2007, he received a suspended sentence after he admitted 22 charges relating to The Illegal transport of waste from The Republic of Ireland via Northern Ireland to Scotland.

In 2011, he was extradited to serve Belgium, a seven-year prison sentence for the theft of the trucks and cranes that were brought to Ireland.

He was described in the European extradition arrest warrant in 2008 as an "Active Member of an Irish criminal organization".

In April of that year, he was stopped by the Serbian police in the vicinity of the Croatian Border , as you noted, he delivered the subject of a Europe-wide arrest warrant, he was and Bruges.

He saw the toll In Bruges , but left the country after he was released on bail and sentenced, in his absence.

The Independent office for police Conduct, which deals with complaints against police forces in England and Wales, is McGuinness The Investigation ' s death.

"We have sent investigators to begin the property, and The Police post-incident procedure to collect information," it said.

cell phones, computers and documents were seized during The Search .

As part of The Police operation on Friday, the PSNI carried out five searches in Derrylin.

The Garda Síochána (Irish police) said 100 of his officers were involved in The Search for the five sites in The County of Cavan, three, in The County of Longford, and four in Dublin.

she said the sites were a mixture of houses and commercial real estate.

McGuinness was a target of The Police on both sides of the Irish Border for years and had More Than 50 convictions.

He is the main suspect in the kidnapping and assaulting a 50-year-old Mr Lunney, who was abducted as he was driving home after work in Kinawley in County Fermanagh .

Mr. Lunney, a father of six, had broken his leg, was slashed with a knife and doused with bleach in a two-and-a-half-hour Ordeal .

Kevin Lunney ' s car was burned in the vicinity of his home, after he was kidnapped

He had the letter QIH cut into his chest with a knife and told the BBC Spotlight This Week that he feared he would never regain his wife and children.

was deposited After The Attack , Mr. Lunney, on a road in The County of Cavan, 22 miles (35 km), from where he was abducted.

He was a member of The Public .

'searches an important response by The Police '

analysis by Julian O'neill Bbc News NI home Affairs correspondent

The Police on both sides of the Irish Border are Under Pressure to get results after a long-running series of threats and other incidents.

The Campaign against the QIH and managers has for several years.

between the cases, but to date, no one impacted has been made.

The kidnapping of Kevin Lunney was a major ratcheting up of things.

The Police has displayed the emphasis on The Investigation and the scale of the coordinated searches, an important measure.

The PSNI Det Ch TÜV Julie Mullan said his detectives would try to "continue to work closely" with the Garda Síochána and Derbyshire Constabulary to, "bring bring The Perpetrators to justice".

In the last week, signs in the vicinity of the headquarters of the QIH in Derrylin attack on The Directors have been removed and the PSNI has stepped up its patrols in the area.

The company QIH were formerly owned by Sean Quinn who was once in Ireland, one of the richest people.

As his business Empire collapsed, business people, including his former colleagues, bought the company.

posters like this are part of a campaign to intimidate Kevin Lunney, heard a court in March

Mr Lunney, who has remained with Mr. Quinn, and for many years after The County of Fermanagh tycoon's bankruptcy, was re-worked as a Director and Mr Quinn as a consultant.

Mr. Quinn left the the role in 2016, say later, he was forced himself and His Family . "Knife stab in the back".

He repeated attacks on the property of The Owners of his former firm sentenced.

The Irish News reported on Friday that to meet the Quinn family.

He, Mr Quinn, is the son of Sean Quinn Jr said made the offer in a statement to the BBC Spotlight .

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Source of news: bbc.com