Flanagan claims whistleblower links high-ranking gardaí to heroin dealing

High-ranking Garda officers were involved in a ploy to coerce citizens into buying hard drugs to boost crime detection figures, the Dáil was told yesterday.

Independent TD Luke “Ming” Flanagan said a new whistleblower from within the Garda has come forward with a fresh dossier of alleged corruption linking the force to heroin dealing.

“We have a situation here where heroin dealing and the Garda Síochána are being connected,” he said.