Five heroin gangs operating in Cork are mainly users

There are about five heroin gangs in Cork, but they are not very professional and are mainly users who sell the Class A drugs to feed their own habit, it has been claimed.

They usually smuggle heroin into the city by bus or train from Dublin and, in nearly all cases, hide an ounce in their bodies in an effort to prevent detection.

In a worrying trend, however, they are also purchasing benzo-type drugs over the internet, which when taken with heroin, can be a lethal cocktail.