Mr Kinahan, who is in his 40s, was arrested on foot of an arrest warrant issued by the Irish courts in relation to alleged serious organised crime offences.
Gardaí said they are aware of “the arrest of an Irish National in the United Arab Emirates”.
They added that the arrest “remains a matter for the authorities in the United Arab Emirates at this time”.
Gardaí also said the “arrest is another extremely important demonstration of the need for international law enforcement co-operation in tackling transnational organised crime”.They said the arrest was also in “accordance with the bilateral agreement on extradition between Ireland and the United Arab Emirates”.
Dubai Police said the arrest took place on 17 April.
Mr Kinahan is one of the three leaders of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group who moved to the United Arab Emirates from the Costa del Sol in Spain following the murder of his friend and fellow gang member David Byrne.
Byrne was shot dead by the rival Hutch Organised Crime Group at the Regency Hotel in February 2016, but gardaí say that Mr Kinahan was the primary target and only got away because he took a left turn and the gunmen turned right.
The murder escalated the ongoing Hutch Kinahan feud which has so far cost 18 lives and led the gardaí to focus on the leaders of both organised crime groups.
The Government and the gardaí built relationships with international law enforcement agencies in Europe, the Middle East and the United States and the US treasury sanctioned the leaders of the Kinahan gang, including Daniel Kinahan, and offered a $5m reward for information leading to his arrest.
That arrest came two days ago in Dubai following an intensive garda investigation and the submission of a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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