Confidential drugs hotline to shut down despite success

A GOVERNMENT-funded confidential phone line to combat drug dealing will be shut down in September – despite gardaí responding to a high number of tip-offs.

Dial to Stop Drug Dealing was based on a successful pilot phone-lines set up by communities in Blanchardstown and Dublin’s north inner city.

Following the success of these programmes, the Government agreed to proposals by the National Drugs Strategy Team to set up a national system.