Local policing best way to beat drug barons

THE most dangerous threat facing the people of this State is posed by the drug barons who have established a countrywide dealers’ and pushers’ distribution network that matches An Post’s and the newspapers’ systems.

While the Garda Drug Squad have had their successes against the ‘barons’, the impact of the seizures is insignificant in the context of the volume and extent of this trade.

A major flaw in the fight against drugs is the absence of local community garda liaison officers in most regions of the country; this also applies to other forms of crime.