The chief executive of the North Richmond Community Health centre, Demos Krouskos was sacked on Thursday following the arrest of two outreach workers who were found peddling heroine.

8 people were arrested in an ongoing drug trafficking investigation around Richmond area of which 5 have been charged.

The outreach workers were employed to help addicts get off illegal drugs but instead did the opposite. The arrests came after residents expressed concern about the impact of safe injecting room housed in the facility on their neighbourhood.

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