Gardaí smash major heroin supply network

GARDAÍ have smashed a major heroin supply network involving a family-run operation in the south east.

Officers suspect a drug trafficking crew from Dublin – linked to one of the Drimnagh-Crumlin feuding gangs – supplied two heroin dealing outfits in Carlow town.

A total of 11 people were arrested in Carlow yesterday morning following an intensive eight-month operation, involving surveillance, test-purchasing and infiltrating of gangs by undercover drug officers.