PHOTO: Methamphetamine and cocaine use have risen sharply in the region. Image: SMH
The Mayor of Walgett Shire has said that drug traffickers are constantly changing up their methods of getting drugs into the region as a new report shows an alarming increase in methamphetamine use across regional NSW.
Cr Jason Ramien told the Western Plains App that methamphetamine use is “becoming a growing concern in all towns rights across the shire”.
“I know the police are doing everything they can to get on top of it, but traffickers are changing their methods all the time,” he said.
“At the moment I think the people bringing drugs into the community have really changed up the day and time they normally arrive with their drop offs”…