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RUC statement on recent killings of alleged drug dealers

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A senior RUC officer said that the police believed that that the killing of five alleged drugs dealers was carried out by, or on behalf of, the IRA. Due to the recent killings attributed to the IRA the Irish government decided not to give permanent release to 10 Republican prisoners.

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Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)