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Drugs

Answer

Available information relates to seizures by the Metropolitan and City of London police forces between 1997 and 2004 and has been included in the area tables of annual Home Office drug seizure publications. Data for 2005 are expected to be published in the spring of 2007.Skunk is the generic name for only one of a hundred or so varieties of cannabis plant; figures collected centrally cannot be broken down to show how many of the cannabis plant seizures involved skunk.Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when the data are used.

Quantities of controlled drugs seized, Metropolitan and City of London police force areas, 1997 to 2004
	Cannabis (herbal)	Cannabis plants	Cocaine	Crack	Heroin	Ecstasy-type
1997	750	9,580	20	30	230	16,000
1998	660	8,170	30	20	120	199,000
1999	490	4,500	50	10	290	48,000
2000	430	4,080	90	10	290	293,000
2001	1,100	4,420	60	20	140	427,000
2002	1,390	4,870	50	10	180	105,000
2003	540	4,800	630	210	210	348,000
2004	310	13,310	400	40	180	80,000
Note: 1. All quantities are in kilograms except for ecstasy-type (doses) and cannabis plants. 2. All figures have been rounded to nearest 10, except for ecstasy-type (thousand).

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

454 c277-9W;454 c281-2W; 106749

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Drug seizures

Link

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