'Please reach out' - Drug gangs are targeting rural Northern Ireland - AERA Chair Diana Armstrong

‘More police needed’ as rural crime concerns grow

Ulster Unionist Deputy Leader and Agriculture Spokesperson Diana Armstrong MLA has called for greater investment in rural policing, warning that…

Vulnerable older men are being forced into cross-border drug mules while rural sports clubs are used to lure young people into substance abuse, the UUP's deputy leader has said in claims crime gangs are targeting country areas

Vicious drug gangs are targeting people in the countryside, forcing vulnerable older men to become mules for illegal narcotics and grooming young people into substance abuse through sports clubs.

'Please reach out' - Drug gangs are targeting rural Northern Ireland - AERA Chair Diana Armstrong

Ulster Unionist Deputy Leader and Agriculture Spokesperson Diana Armstrong MLA has used Rural Crime Week to warn that organised drug gangs are deliberately targeting rural communities across Northern Ireland – and has called for action on a government report published eleven months ago.