‘No evidence’ paramilitaries trafficking drugs

THERE is no evidence of paramilitary involvement in drug-trafficking in Ireland, the head of the Garda National Drugs Unit insists.

While there might be concern the IRA would get involved in drugs in the future, now they have declared an end to their armed campaign, this was also unlikely, said Det Supt Cormac Gordon.

Interviewed on RTÉ’s This Week, he said there was no indication, intelligence or information to suggest the IRA was likely to get involved in drugs.