City’s ‘biggest drug dealer’ in custody

A MAN believed to be Limerick’s biggest drugs operator was in custody last night after gardaí stormed a huge heroin packaging operation near Moyross.

Armed gardaí under Detective Inspector Jim Ryan arrested two men in the derelict Delmege estate near Moyross at about 3pm. The men were preparing heroin worth an estimated €170,000 for packaging.

Two hours later the main drugs suspect was arrested at his house in Moyross. A senior garda source said last night: “This is a huge success given the calibre of the people we now have in custody.”