The World - News from April 13, 1986

Irish police raided the homes of dozens of known criminals and drug dealers in the Dublin area in a fruitless search for the kidnapers of Jennifer Guinness, 48, a member of the wealthy banking and brewing family. The hunt was shifting away from the Irish Republican Army and in the direction of common criminals, police sources said. No arrests were made. In addition to the raids, the belief that the kidnapers had a nonpolitical motive was bolstered by police disclosure that jewelry as well as cash was stolen in the abduction and by a denial by Sinn Fein, the IRA’s legal political wing, that guerrillas were involved. A $2.6-million ransom has been demanded.