It's no surprise gangs have got rocket launchers -- they will stop at nothing - National News, Frontpage - Herald.ie: "King Ratt gang and 'Fat' Freddie's crew to acquire grenades, which the informant labelled, as a codeword, 'pineapple'.
Chillingly, the informant also told us how they would be used. It was intended that which ever gang got them first, they would try to lure the other gang in large numbers to a pub and when all were assembled and settled a man would enter the property and throw a grenade into their midst.
Fortunately this never happened as there could have been huge loss of life. But tellingly, it was at this point that both gangs started drinking in the centre of the city in places such as Temple Bar and the south inner city. The simple reason for this was, and remains, that the amount of CCTV in those areas lessened the likelihood in their minds of being attacked.
When I was still in the service in the city centre, my Divisional Task Force officers would interrupt their gatherings by going into the pubs and clubs frequented and dispersing them. Simply put, it was a tactic to get in the face of these criminals and ensure that they could never get comfortable in one spot.
The intended victims were to be the remainder of the King Ratt gang, the outfit led by a jailed crime boss.
That's why I read with interest reports of Thompson's gang now acquiring rocket propelled grenades."
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