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CRIMINAL JOHN Traynor is in custody in the Netherlands having been arrested last week as part of a joint operation by the Dutch and British police against organised crime in Europe.

After arresting the 62-year-old former member of the John Gilligan drugs gang, the Dutch police realised Traynor was unlawfully at large from an English prison.