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🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: Man Accused of Controlling a Third of Europe's Cocaine Supply Faces Prison Tuck Shop As Only Spending Outlet

Daniel Kinahan's first full day inside Portlaoise prison marked a drastic change from his luxury lifestyle in the United Arab Emirates, with the alleged leader of the Kinahan organised crime group confined to a cell for about 20 hours a day.
The facilities, it turns out, are meagre consolation – a treadmill, some free weights and limited reading material. "The so-called gym and library are nothing much, one source told the Irish Times. "The gym is probably slightly bigger than a box room in a house.
That is the reality facing Kinahan, 49, for months until his trial – and possibly decades if convicted. Instead of presiding over an empire said to be worth hundreds of millions of euros, his only outlet for expenditure is the tuck shop.
Source: Guardian Europe
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