Gang wars to ‘spread over the country’

THE country is experiencing a gangland and drugs crisis, with entire communities facing intimidation on a regular basis, a major drugs conference has heard.

In a call for communities to “stand up” against the drug barons, a leading drugs worker also predicted that unless something was done there would be widespread gang feuds “all over the country” within the next five years.

Another drug project worker also said it was dealing with children as young as 11 and asked how young do drug users have to be before the state treated the problem as a crisis.