'Vigilantes plot to kill 20 drug dealers'

Published Thursday, 14 March 2013
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Victims campaigner Raymond McCord says a new vigilante grouping have told him of their plans to kill 20 alleged drug dealers in Belfast.

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Mr McCord, who has been vociferous against paramilitaries since his son was murdered by the UVF in 1997, told UTV he was approached by this new group last Saturday.

They hooded him and brought him to a secret location where they told him they will execute 20 dealers if they do not stop selling hard drugs.

"They brought me into a room and sat me down in a chair facing a wall," Mr McCord said. "They started talking to me about drugs in nationalist areas and a list of targets they had - 20.

"They named some people from the unionist community who they said were selling drugs in nationalist communities and said this was a chance for them to stop selling drugs, and if they didn't stop they would be shot dead."

Mr McCord said he was told in detail how the group murdered Danny McKay.

I believe more people are going to be shot dead.

Raymond McCord

The 36-year-old was gunned down by two men who broke into his home in the Longlands Estate in Newtownabbey last October.

He continued: "They admitted the murder of Danny McKay and they admitted the attempted murder of another man last year.

"They went into graphic detail, the number of shots that were fired, the weaponry that was used, the number of nine millimetre rounds and rounds from a rifle."

Mr McCord was then shown the list of dealers in the city who they plan to target next.

Police have been working to combat the problem of drugs in Northern Ireland, with the number of seizures increasing by 10% to 3,920 last year from 3,564 the year before.

The number of people arrested on drugs offences has also gone up, to 2,543 from 2,435.

So far this year there have been 543 Class A drugs seizures including 77 seizures of opiates, such as heroin.

West Belfast MLA Pat Sheehan condemned anti-drugs groups and told them to "go away". The Sinn Féin representative said: "These vigilantes have no role whatsoever.

"They have very little support within communities and their actions are not going to lead to a decrease in drug use so they should pack up and go away."

Mr McCord has reported everything he was told to the police. He said he does not condone the group - but he does want drug dealers to stop.

He added: "I would encourage the people doing drugs to stop selling them and I would say to them it is not worth getting shot dead for."

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realistic in planet earth wrote (67 days ago):
@Lee in Belfast wrote (2 days ago): "IRA coming back when they hear there are more millions to be made , they hide behind the term "vigilante" nowadays but they aint fooling anyone." Thank goodness there's never been drug dealers, criminals or such thugs from the PUL side Lee, OHHH wait there has been! Lee- I find most, if not all, of your posts pure unadulterated drivel aimed solely at one 'side' of the community as if your 'side' has never done any wrong. Are you 'Gazza's' sister? Are you Norman D's wife or something Lee? WAKE UP- the hardliners on EACH side are as bad as each other Lee- they probably do 'business' together Lee- whilst laughing at the brainwashed footsoldiers on each side who help them to keep all this nonsense going!
joe bloggs in west belfast wrote (68 days ago):
If a stripper changes her life she's still a stripper. If a drug dealer changes his life he's a business man, entrepreneur, etc...? there always someone to take over from what the scumbags sell
Ludwig O'Neill in Belfast wrote (68 days ago):
Time for our MLAs to legalise cannabis - remove it from this shady underworld, free up the public resources spent on pursuing users and petty weed sellers and use the savings and tax revenue from controlled sales to fund the war on the more sinister substances and their pushers and parasite paramilitary protectors!
Carlos in Belfast wrote (68 days ago):
Is it just me or is there a fishy sort smell here????
john neeson in maghera wrote (68 days ago):
i wouldn't worry too much about this threat.These drug gangs usually finish up shooting themselves in some phoney turf war. Pathetic individuals.
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