Gardaí in Sligo this week conducted a number of searches as part of ‘Operation Douglas’. The searches also involved officers from the Garda Dog and the Garda Water Unit.
Operation Douglas targets criminal activity in organised crime and drug detection as well as addressing theft and damage caused to boats and other property along the coastline and Islands.
Gardai have requested anybody with information in relation to activity along the coasts or inland waterways to contact Sligo Garda station 071 91 57000 or phone the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111
The government has been urged to immediately establish a Citizens Assembly on drugs, to deal with the crisis situation in Ireland.
The Taoiseach will open a Webinar on the subject later this morning where he will hear that there has been 225 % increase in drug related deaths in the last 25 years.
Mr. Martin will also hear how cocaine use in Ireland has increased by over ten-thousand percent since 1996.
Anna Quigley, Co-Ordinator of the Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign says the problem’s country-wide:
