Drugs in 'every nook, cranny and parish' in Kerry, policing committee told

The Joint Policing Committee heard calls for a joint operation between schools and gardaí, along the lines of road safety campaigns, to combat the rise in drugs

The Joint Policing Committee also heard that a third of all detections in recent weeks for driving while intoxicated have been cocaine- and cannabis-related. File picture

Illegal drugs are now in “every nook, cranny, parish and village” in Kerry and have moved outside the main urban centres, a meeting of the county’s policing body has been told.

The Joint Policing Committee also heard that a third of all detections in recent weeks for driving while intoxicated have been cocaine- and cannabis-related. There have now been calls for a joint operation between schools and gardaí, along the lines of road safety campaigns.