'I know one of these guys was pulling in £100,000 a month at one stage'
Local people in Coleraine have told Belfast Live they are sick of the destruction drug dealers are bringing to the Ballysally area of the town.Sources have told Belfast Live that the majority of those attacks have been linked to the drug trade.One source, who knows the estates in the town well, said there was one notorious drug dealer in particular who seemed to never face consequences for his criminality.
"The cocaine is the big rip at the minute though - I've been in bars around the town and there are young ones at it now," they added."There is a tacit approval from the community for paramilitaries putting drug dealers out - they'll not say it but there's an approval for it."I would say 90% of it is all about drugs and drug-dealing.""My fear is that it's a wee one that's going to be killed," they said.
Residents in the estates in Ballysally told Belfast Live they were sick of what was going on but had little confidence that police would help them."We never bother with anybody and if you don't bother with anybody, you have no bother yourself."The police never do anything - they might arrive and sure the whole thing's over.""I don't think these drugs will ever stop, I don't think they ever will," he said.
The PSNI has said it plans to address the ongoing problems in the area, with Chief Inspector Louise Cummings promising officers would meet those who represent the area. "We enormously value and appreciate the support we do receive from our communities and we do not take this support for granted.
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