Direct Action Against Drugs
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Direct Action Against Drugs was a vigilante group in Ireland has claimed responsibility for the killing of a number of drug dealers [1] selling mainly Ecstasy. It was a front for the Provisional IRA. The organization has also been active in working class neighbourhoods of Dublin. They have been instrumental in clearing less-well-off areas of Class A drug dealers. In these areas they are closely linked to the Sinn Féin activists in the area [2].
[edit] List of Suspected DAAD Killings 1995-1998
April 1995
Mickey Mooney - cannabis dealer murdered in the 18 Steps bar in Belfast city centre.
September 1995
Tony Kane - murdered in a car in Andersonstown, west Belfast.
December 1995
Martin McCrory - small-time dealer murdered at his home in Turf Lodge, west Belfast.
Chris Johnston - 38-year-old murdered at his home off the Ormeau Road in south Belfast.
Francis Collins - a former member of the IRA, was murdered at his chip shop in the New Lodge, north Belfast.
Paul Devine - 35-year-old alleged drug dealer murdered on the street in south Belfast.
January 1996
Ian Lyons - died a day after being shot while sitting in a parked car in Lurgan.
September 1996
John Devine - murdered in Friendly Street in the Markets in south Belfast.
February 1998
Brendan Campbell - a 30-year-old convicted drug dealer murdered outside a restaurant in south Belfast.
