Break-ins Blamed On Drug Addiction

A dramatic rise in reported breakin-ins to property in Dundalk is being blamed by Gardai on spiraling heroin addiction, and the need for the addicts to fund their habit.

This problem didn't begin yesterday, or last week, and the blame for the rise in heroin addiction in the town, can be left at the front door of the Crescent Garda Station, just as much as on the dealers who sell the stuff.

The growing problem has been allowed to flourish for years, and the dealers might just as well have set up in shops on the main street, such has been the free hand with which they were allowed to operate........while the Gardai were busy imposing revenue earning tickets on motorists, for the benefit of the State.