Dublin man (30s) appears in Spanish court over Coolock feud murder of Hamid Sanambar

The Irish fugitive, who is in his 30s, had been arrested over a minor and unrelated crime in the Calahonda area of the Costa del Sol on Tuesday.

The arrest was carried out by officers from the Mijas Local Police who then realised the suspect was the subject of a European Arrest Warrant issued in Ireland.

They alerted authorities here and the Dubliner has now been detained in custody in Spain ahead of an extradition hearing.

According to the Spanish newspaper El Confidencia, the Dubliner was brought to court on Wednesday and that it was “not necessary for him to be transferred to Madrid to appear before the National Court because he gave his statement by video link.”

It is reported that the European Arrest Warrant was issued for the Dublin man’s alleged role in the murder of Sanambar outside the house of another gun victim on Dublin’s northside five years ago.

Sanambar (34), who also went by the identity of Mohammad Ali Khorram was shot dead outside the home of Sean Little at Kilbarron Avenue, Coolock on May 28, 2019.

The victim had called to pay his respects to the family of the 22-year-old who had been found shot dead next to a burnt out vehicle in Walshestown near Balbriggan seven days earlier.

Both Little and Sanambar are believed to have been killed as part of the lethal Gucci Gang feud between criminal gangs based in the Coolock area.

Sanambar was shot after Little’s associates blamed him for double crossing his pal.

GardaI had also believe Sanambar had been involved into other feud attacks incidents in which males received gunshot wounds.

He was shot a number of times in the driveway of the Little family’s home and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post mortem confirmed Sanambar had died as result of multiple gunshot wounds.

Three men wearing balaclavas were reported being seen leaving the location of the fatal shooting in a silver Toyota Avensis.

Sanambar, who originally arrived in Ireland as an asylum seeker before being granted permission to remain, had lived in several parts of Ireland including Longford, Cork and Priorswood in Dublin,

He had received a three-year suspended sentence in 2015 for his role in a violent robbery by several men of two women working in a brothel in Cork in 2012.

The murder of Sean Little came at the peak of the Coolock feud involving the mob boss known as Mr Flashy.

His associates blamed his murder on Kinahan Cartel-linked gunman Caolan Smyth.

The following day his pal Jordan Davis (22) was shot in the head by a lone gunman as he pushed his baby son in a pram near his home in Darndale, north Dublin.

Tallaght man Wayne Cooney (31) was convicted of that murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

A few days later as people gathered at the Little family home in Coolock Sanambar was killed outside when he came to offer condolences.

The murderous feud had kicked off with the assassination of drug dealer Zach Parker (23) shot dead as he left a gym in Swords, north Dublin.

Parker was regarded as an up-and-coming drug dealer on the city’s northside and was an associate of a gang led by the notorious Finglas criminal known as ‘Mr Flashy.’

It is believed that Parker’s own associates may have been responsible for the killing over a €200,000 drugs debt owed to the Kinahan Cartel.

The shooting dead of Eoin Boylan (22) in December 2019 was also linked to the same feud as various gangs fractured and vied for control.

The assets of gangster Sean Little were later targeted by the Criminal Assets Bureau after his murder.

A car, cash and ‘luxury items’ were seized by CAB which sought a court order in December 2022 to take possession of the property believed to be the proceeds of crime.

His parents Stephen and Bernadette had made a claim over one asset, but the case has now been settled, it was heard in court.

They had been named respondents in the case as the next-of-kin of the slain gangster.

Sean Little was described in the CAB case as “an active participant” in an organised crime gang supplying drugs in north Dublin.

He had a job with a sheet metal company which the Bureau Chief Officer Michael Gubbins said was “a front” to allow him to launder the proceeds of crime.

He had “access to significant sums of cash which were unaccounted for” which allowed him to buy multiple vehicles and luxury goods.

While he bought cars and other luxury items the purchases weren’t seen in his bank account activity, thanks to access to “unaccounted for wealth.”

They also uncovered evidence of “extensive travelling”, but the bank records did not match with flight

Judge Alex Owens granted CAB’s application to the High Court and adjourned the case.

The Coolock feud was sparked following a bitter fall out in the area between two factions vying for control of the drugs trade.

In 2020, Stephen Little was handed down a six-year-sentence after he was caught with a loaded gun on the way to avenge his son, Sean’s, death

He told arresting gardaí: “Why didn’t you let it go another hour? Had you given me another hour I would have killed the b*****d that killed him.”

“I lost my marriage and my son.”

He had been under surveillance by the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau in the months following his son’s murder.

A semi-automatic pistol, two balaclavas, two baseball hats, mobile phones, gloves, a can of petrol and a lighter were found in the car he was travelling in.

The trial judge said Little and his co-accused were involved in serious and organised crime and the “timely intervention” of gardaí had prevented serious harm or death.