RAAD 'abduct' convicted drug dealer
A convicted drug dealer has claimed he has given up the drugs trade after being abducted by Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) this week.
Gavin Nixon, who was targetted in a pipebomb attack at his home in Hazelbank in June, claimed he was abducted and interrogated by a group of masked men on Monday night.
The Derry man was warned by the vigilante group earlier this year and had fled the country but returned to the city in June when his home was attacked.
After the pipebomb attack, the Derry man claimed he had given up drug dealing but has now admitted that he continued to sell drugs until this week.
Explaining what happened, he said a hood was placed over his head and was taken to an unknown location where he was questioned about his involvement in drug dealing.
The self-confessed drug dealer, who previously spent a year in prison for drug offences, said he told the RAAD members who abducted him that he now plans to stop dealing.
"I was abducted out of the Waterside on Monday by RAAD," he said. "I was involved in the drugs trade right up to September 6. When RAAD got me, they put a hood firmly over my head and tied my hands. The men then took me somewhere safe for them to put to me what I was at in the drugs trade," he said.
Mr. Nixon also appealed to anyone currently involved in the drugs trade to take heed of warnings from RAAD.
"These boys mean business," he said. "Don't be under any illusion that these men don't know who you are as they knew my every move for the past year or so,."
Mr Nixon said he was not harmed during his ordeal and warned other drug dealers to tell the truth when dealing with RAAD.
"If you're in contact with these men, don't tell them lies."
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