A Belfast councillor has hit out after being added to a WhatsApp group of people selling drugs.
Paul McCusker, an SDLP representative for Old Park , said he had been added to a group selling pregabalin and diazepam.
He said it highlighted how easy it was for drugs to be distributed in this day and age and added that he had reported the incident to police .
In a post on social media, Cllr McCusker said: "Not the best of ideas to have added a councillor into a WhatsApp group selling drugs. Somehow my number has been added into a group chat of around thirty people offering drugs such as pregabalin and diazepam.
"This shows how easy it is for those selling drugs to distribute to those quite often suffering from an addiction and they don’t care about the devastation it causes. This has been reported to police to investigate."
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