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TROY BABY

Crime boss cracks up as cops turn screw

ONE of the country's top crime figures is the latest to lose the plot in the wake of the crackdown on gangland.

Suspected drug boss Troy Jordan blew his top when he was stopped by Gardai.

The Co Kildare-based thug stormed at one cop: "See me arm you midget, that would break your f**king back. Get a warrant, raid my house, f**k off w**ker. All you ever got me for was for f**king dogfighting."

Jordan is the latest underworld supremo to show the strain of Ireland's new gang laws and a series of spectacular garda successes against the mobs, including the dismantling of Christy Kinahan's Costa Cartel.

Limerick mobster Wayne Dundon is also running scared, while drug boss Freddie Thompson is in hiding with several of his henchmen.

Gangster Jordan flips his lid and launches a foul-mouthed attack after run-in with gardai

GANGLAND figure Troy Jordan is the latest criminal to crack up after a routine run-in with gardai.

He launched a foul stream of insults at two gardai who had stopped his Land Rover and asked for his insurance details.

Jordan stuck his arm out his car's window and flexed his muscles as he spat: "See me arm you midget, that would break your f**king back."

"You only ever got me for a f**king dog fight," he snarled at two officers who stopped his vehicle.

The Ballyfermot native has connections with every major criminal gang in the country including the INLA and the McCarthy-Dundons in Limerick.

Wayne Dundon, who has since fled to the UK, moaned about garda attention after his release from jail.

Murdered gangster Eamon Dunne was another criminal noted for foulmouthed rants when stopped by gardai.

Jordan is the latest to show that intense pressure from new gang laws and a series of spectacular blows against the underworld is taking its toll.

Reputation

He has a reputation as a violent thug, and lives in a remote part of north-west Kildare close to another known criminal with paramilitary connections.

His home at Allenwood South is not far from his pal John Gilligan's old equestrian centre at Jessbrook.

In the long running court battle between the Criminal Assets Bureau and Gilligan, it was claimed the property was rented by Jordan, who was described as "a stud farmer."

But Jordan denied a charge under the Public Order Act after his foulmouthed tirade against two gardai near his Kildare home on 1 November last year.

The Dubliner was spotted driving by a garda patrol car which turned and followed his vehicle. There was a small child in the backseat as Jordan became "extremely aggressive" with the officers When asked for insurance details he called the officers several insulting names.

A woman appeared at the electronically controlled gates and Jordan told her to turn on the security camera and to film the gardai.

He asked one cop for his address and said he would call around to pay a visit. The woman took the child from the Land Rover into the house but came back out and demanded the names of the gardai.

Jordan also told them: "Get a warrant, raid my house, f**k off wanker. All you ever got me for was for f**king dog-fighting."

One officer gave evidence at Naas District Court that Jordan was so aggressive he thought he was going to punch them, although he never got out of the Land Rover.

He was fined €250 for the rant after the District Court judge found Jordan guilty of the charge. Jordan was described in court as "self-employed" but has previously been in business with Martin 'The Viper' Foley running a debt collection agency.

Seizures

Earlier this year he went on his own promising customers to get results on unpaid debts.

"We specialise in precourt debt recovery as well as post court judgement debt enforcement," according to his company's website.

"We get real results. When letters are ignored and cheques bounce, it's time for a face to face visit from a debt collector. Our agents are very persuasive and your debtors will soon discover that a debt collector is not as easy to ignore as a letter or a phone call.," it states.

A number of people successfully sought court orders stop The Viper or people working for him from approaching them.

Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan has previously criticised the lack of regulation which allows people who have gangland connections to work legally as debt collectors.

Jordan (38) is suspected as being a key player in Ireland's drug trade and has been linked to a number of major seizures.

He has been well-know to the gardai since his teenage years when he believed to have begun dealing drugs in west Tallaght housing estates.

Murder

He was even questioned by cops who investigated the murder of Baiba Saulite over claims he helped to organise supply of the murder weapon.

Jordan was arrested in 2004 during a dog-fight at Allenwood along with 'Champagne Killer' Karl Breen. The case against him was dismissed on appeal.

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