Gardaí find no evidence of needle-spiking despite 39 complaints

A #TakeBackTheSpike rally was held at the UCC Quad in November. Picture: Gavin Browne

Gardaí received almost 40 reports of alleged ‘spiking by injection’ cases in 2021 but they have not yet found evidence confirming substances were injected by possible assailants.

The development follows a statement by Police Scotland at the end of last week that no cases of spiking by injection had been identified by them to date.