Assistant Commissioner Angela Willis, head of Organised and Serious Crime, told The Irish Times that crime in the Republic, especially the drugs trade, was “local” when she began her policing career in the 1990s. Now, it is truly “global”, while Irish gangs have armed themselves with “military grade” guns. She was speaking on the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Garda’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (DOCB), which she once led. It spearheads the force’s assault against the most significant gangs in the country and foreign crime groups with a reach into Ireland....