Updated / Wednesday, 31 Mar 2021
20:25
The PSNI says that the cannabis seizure in Newry is the largest seizure to date in Northern Ireland
Police in Northern Ireland have said that around £12 million of suspected drugs have been seized following operations involving the PSNI and police in Belgium.
In a statement, the PSNI said there has been an ongoing investigation into the importation of Class A drugs involving an organised crime group based in Northern Ireland. It said that the group is believed to be operating on an international scale.
The PSNI said they have been liaising with Belgian police in their investigation.
And in a move to boost the reuse of packaging material, he is also looking at a fee-based scheme to encourage producers to design and use packaging that is easier to re-use and/or recycle.
“With a shocking 1.3 million items of litter on our streets at any one time almost half of that littered packaging including drink cans, plastic bottles, confectionery and crisp wrappers we need to move now to tackle this problem,” Minister Poots said.
“So today, alongside England and Wales, I am launching a consultation on options for a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers including glass bottles, aluminium and steel cans and PET plastic bottles.
Dublin GAA have suspended Dessie Farrell as their senior football manager for 12 weeks, following an internal investigation into the breach of Covid-19 lockdown rules and GAA training ban had occurred yesterday morning at the grounds of Innisfails GAA club in Clongriffin.
A statement, published on the county board’s website and attributed to the Dublin management committee, insists that they “acknowledge that, following an investigation this afternoon, there was a breach of Covid-19 guidelines yesterday morning.
“The County Management Committee have suspended Dublin Senior Football manager Dessie Farrell for 12 weeks with immediate effect.
“The Dublin senior football management and players recognise that this was a serious error of judgement and apologise unreservedly for their actions.”
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