Warning on stolen drugs

Gardai have issued a warning about four boxes of morphine stolen from a van parked in Kilbarrack, Dublin, yesterday.

Gardai have issued a warning about four boxes of morphine stolen from a van parked in Kilbarrack, Dublin, yesterday.

i have issued a warning about a quantity of drugs taken from a van in the Kilbarrack Road, area of North Dublin. Four boxes of morphine were stolen from the parked vehicle at 10 a.m. yesterday.

The boxes contained 100 five millilitre doses of the opiate in needle form. Gardai say the drugs are highly dangerous if taken without a prescription. The word `Oramorph' was written on the boxes, which are orange with blue strips.

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