The mayor of Georgetown, in eastern P.E.I., has taken the unusual step of asking residents to spy on the activities of a man he believes is dealing drugs from his home.

Peter Llewellyn admits he has no proof the man is dealing drugs. But, he said, everyone in town knows it's true.

Llewellyn said he's convinced the man is selling marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy.

So the mayor has been asking town residents to watch the man's house, write down the licence-plate numbers of cars that come and go, and report the activities to police.

Llewellyn is also trying to set up a website where people can report what they see.
  
"We're willing to put it on the line, basically, [that] we know what's happening. When we see cars coming in all hours of the night, one after the other, and spending one minute to two minutes in a residence, and then leaving, unfortunately you have to assume there's a problem there," the mayor said.

Police say Georgetown's drug problem is no worse than anywhere else in Kings County, and, right now, they don't get a lot of complaints about drug trafficking in the town.

Kings District RCMP Sgt. Don MacGregor said the mayor's plan to use a website is unorthodox.

"It's certainly not a process that's common, or that's familiar to me, but again, we welcome any information, and certainly we will look at any information that we receive," he said.