A MEMBER of An Garda Siochana was arrested shortly before Christmas after being caught taking drugs in a nightclub, it has emerged.
Gardai were called to a nightclub in County Kildare just before Christmas, where they discovered a young woman who had been confronted by nightclub security staff having been found using cocaine in a toilet.
The woman identified herself to Gardai as a garda stationed in the Midlands.
When questioned further, she revealed that her alleged dealer was a fellow member of the force.
Gardai then obtained a search warrant under the Drugs Act and raided a number of addresses in an attempt to expose the alleged drug dealing operation.
There has been no confirmation of whether or not drugs were discovered during those searches, and is not known if the Gardai involved have been suspended yet.
A source told the Irish Mirror: "This is shocking. Gardai are absolutely disgusted to hear that this happened. There are brave and courageous members putting themselves in danger every day of the week fighting drug gangs, there is a murderous feud in Dublin and the fact of the matter is cocaine sales in Ireland directly fund these gangs.
"It is very positive gardai in Kildare reacted so swiftly to deal with this incident and moved on the people involved."
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