ARMED GARDAI SENT TO GANG FEUD TOWN
ERU patrol Drogheda after threats
ARMED cops have been drafted in to police a town as feuding gangs threaten to kill gardai.
The Emergency Response Unit is backing up local officers in Drogheda, Co Louth, as they keep a lid on the simmering violence.
But sources have revealed the ERU is spread thin due to other commitments and can only send one patrol car.
A feud between two warring drug gangs and centred around the Moneymore and Cement Road areas has seen kidnappings, shootings, petrol bomb attacks and dozens of assaults.
Last week it emerged threats had been made against two officers.
A source said: “The Armed Support Unit and ERU are now completely flat out working on operations and patrols.
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“Members are anxious to help the gardai and would be more than willing to lend a hand.
“One issue is a single ERU car does not permit tactical car stops but they could with ASU assistance. That will have to be examined. They can send more units to the town for specific operations.”
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A source said: “They are doing a lot at present, they are the specialist unit that comes in when things are at their most dangerous.
“They are working on operations at all times and waiting to strike against armed incidents. Only the operators themselves know what they are doing.
“They are also tasked with protecting the Commissioner which is an aroundthe-clock post, such is the threat against him.”