New Cork city policing unit makes 60 drug detections in a month

Anglesea Street Garda Station, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

Cork's new city centre policing unit has made 60 drugs detection in a little over a month since it was set up, the force has revealed.

A garda spokesman said that since the unit was set up in mid-June it has carried out 220 searches of people on the street which has resulted in 10 detections of drugs for sale and supply and 50 detections of possession for personal use.