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Drug dealing phoneline goes nationwide

Thursday, 09 October 2008

DRUG dealers all around Dublin are under threat following the national launch of the Dial To Stop Drug Dealing initiative which was successfully piloted in Blanchardstown.
The phoneline is used by locals to confidentially pass on information on drug dealers and the details are then given to gardai.
The service is free and completely anonymous and supporters say it encourages people who are afraid to contact gardai directly,
Callers are never asked for their name, their address or any other information that might identify them.
The new campaign follows the successful pilot project run by the Blanchardstown Local Drugs Task Force in 2006 when Ireland’s first ever non-Garda confidential phone line was used to collect information on drug dealing in the Dublin 15 area.
Speaking at the national launch, John Curran TD, Minister with Responsibility for the National Drug Strategy said: “I am calling on any person with information on drug dealing in their local area, be it first or second hand information, to call the Dial to Stop Drug Dealing free-phone number.
“Anyone who calls this number can be completely assured that his or her information will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.”
Assistant Garda Commissioner, Al McHugh, said people in Blanchardstown used the free-phone number to convey very valuable information on drug dealing in their area.
“Court actions are pending because of the success of that campaign,” he said.
“This national initiative is about getting at the big dealers who are targeting our young people and destroying communities.
“People can reclaim their communities by using this safe and confidential mechanism to pass on their information.”
Dial to Stop Drug Dealing will be rolled out in a series of local campaigns in a number of local or regional drugs task force areas around the country.
Phase One areas will include Tallaght, Blanchardstown, Dublin North East and the North Inner City.
A pre-campaign poll in participating areas revealed significant public support for an anti-drug dealing initiative with the majority polled showing a civic conscience and a desire to play a part in reducing the presence of drugs in their own communities.
Some 64 per cent of those polled identified drugs as a main social problem in their area and 56 per cent of people reported that they were ‘very likely’ or ‘somewhat likely’ to call a non-Garda.
The Dial to Stop Drug Dealing number is 1800-220220.

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