Ciaran’s Peculier [sic] Blog

A report carried by the BBC on the Africa page of its news website tells how the attorney-general of Guinea-Bisssau has received death-threats in response to his investigations into the discovery of half a kilogram of cocaine on board a plane that landed at Bissau’s international airport. These threats have emanated from senior politicians as well as military and security officials in the West African nation. This points to how far the country’s feeble infrastructure has been infiltrated by international drug smugglers.

Yet we in dear old sleepy Ireland need not be so complacent, especially here in Cavan. Hardly a week has passed since the seizure of a large haul of cocaine near Kilnaleck. As attempts by criminals to infiltrate local government are not unknown here might we see Cavan become a “narco county”?