This made headlines in this weeks “Anglo celt”! my local rag.
I had to just copy and paste it cos i think you would need to register with unison otherwise! My how we irish must look!
Wow, look…new technology!!! (is it 2005??)not in Cavan anyway!
Words fail me!!
here it is!!!
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New phone text language evolving in drugs dealing
By Sean McMahon
Local drug pushers and distribution “mules” have turned to mobile phone technology to conduct their business in recent times.
A complete vocabulary in mobile phone text messaging has evolved around drug trafficking and is being used by those involved in the drug trade to make contact and set up collections and deals.
A member of the Drugs Squad in Cavan and Monaghan informed the Anglo-Celt this week that some leading drug dealers have used their ill-gotten gains to purchase large houses in County Cavan to avoid the ‘heat’ and possible arrest in Dublin.
In relation to the new mobile phone vernacular, hardened drug pushers and their network of distributors use such phraseology in text messages as “Hi Johnny man, I got your number of Jimmy Bloggs, cud I meet u at the corner of u know where, and get an ounce of ya, _200, yeah”.
“Hi man, what’s the buzz, u bring me a quarter at 10pm”.
“Would I be able to get a half of ya, bout 10pm”.
The quarter and half refers to cannabis. They often also use terms like a §10 spot or a §20 spot.
Another example, “Bird from …, il take another 100 pills, be one hour, al ring you when der at the meeting place, alrite man”.
“Any chance of a quarter til Wednesday evening”. “Al rite mate, wats the crack now, wat time are yous headin to Cavan at, cuz I wanna get the ya before u go, hi man”.
The drugs squad spokesman said heroin can be referred to as “brown”, or “H” and in some towns ecstasy tables can be referred to as “yokes”. He said that cocaine was as widely used in County Cavan as cannabis or ecstasy. There is a certain amount of heroin dealing in the county, but it is not the preferred drug.
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They’re way bigger than baseball bats!
