The numbers have been sent a text highlighting support and assistance for substance misuse.
During recent raids in the greater Belfast area the PSNI focused on the supply of Class A and Class B drugsNearly 2,000 people whose phone numbers were recovered in a number of drugs raids have been texted advice on substance misuse by police.
This is a growing trend within Northern Ireland and the drugs market has changed and transformed over the last number of years through the development of social media apps.Det Supt Neill said police had used the apps to identify supply lines and undertaken a "significant" arrest and search operation.
Operation Dealbreaker was in the making for a number of months and was a huge operation for the PSNI.The PSNI also offers support through a drugs and alcohol service. Her assessment is that paramilitaries such as the Irish National Liberation Army and the Ulster Volunteer Force are working "hand in hand" with organised crime groups and are responsible for the importation and distribution of drugs across Northern Ireland."Drugs are coming into Northern Ireland via our seaports and our airports - they are being distributed through many of the criminal networks," Det Supt Neill said.
"We undertook activity in relation to east Belfast UVF who were involved in the supply of cocaine and also cannabis as well - it is across a number of paramilitary groups."
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