A NORTH Belfast woman says she fears drug gangs are again operating in the streets around her home after finding two bags of white powder lying in the road outside her home. The mother-of-two from the Newington area, who does not want to be identified, said she was worried sick about her children after the […]
Mother speaks of fears after second drug find in a week
‘We will put drug dealers down a hole’
THE republican paramilitary group the Irish Volunteers have told the Andersonstown News they are “re-strengthening and rearming” and will assassinate drug dealers in West Belfast. In an exclusive interview, the group said they have an “active anti-drugs unit” that is planning to put major dealers “down a hole”. The claim came just days after the […]
Large drugs find near nursery school
Thousands of pounds worth of drugs, believed to be cocaine, have been found lying on a street in broad daylight outside a West Belfast childcare centre. The bag (below_ was discovered last Friday morning in St Agnes Drive by a passer-by who took the drugs to the nearby Sinn Féin office at Connolly House. Benny […]
Take deadly pills off our streets
COMMUNITY workers in the Markets area of South Belfast have appealed for help to take a quantity of potentially lethal drugs off the streets following a raid at a chemist
Impact of drink and drugs on health services
A NEW report by the Public Health Agency has shed light on the problems caused by substance misuse in South Belfast. The ‘Scoping Report on Drugs and Alcohol Services in Belfast’ published last week, looked at various issues surrounding the effect on health services and the public caused by those who abuse alcohol and other […]