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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total amount of illegal drugs seized by the authorities in Northern Ireland was in each year since 2001; and what the estimated street value was. [189965] Mr. Pearson: The amounts and estimated street values of illicit drugs seized by the Police Service of Northern Ireland and Her Majesty's Customs and Excise are detailed in the following tables. The quantity of drugs seized by the Northern Ireland Prison Service are also outlined however the value of drugs seized within Northern Ireland Prison establishments is not calculated. Customs efforts to protect Northern Ireland from drugs cannot be measured solely on results in Northern Ireland itself. In the years 2001-02 and 2002-03, Customs took out 20,556 kilos of class A drugs and 126,095 of cannabis, targeted on the UK, some of which would have been destined for Northern Ireland. Seizures by Police Service of Northern Ireland _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Drugs Seized 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Cocaine Powder (gms) 3,399.9 3,023.87 11,470.91 Wraps 4 12 6 Crack cocaine (gms) 66.5 50 9.2 Ecstasy Tablets 127,368 605,188 222,888 Powder (gms) 232.81 1.1 72.1 Capsules 2 25 20 LSD Doses 122 4 0 Microdots 0 1 6 Opiates Powder (gms) 102.1 346 189.9 Tablets 51 41 3 Ampoules 4 1 20 Mls 366 428.5 163.6 Wraps 69 1 2 Cannabis Resin (kgs) 417.2 709.5 2,204.2 Herbal (kgs) 49 27.7 32.8 Plants 141 202 1,173 Joints 273 169 212 Amphetamine Powder (kgs) 8.8 27.6 17.3 Wraps 26 24 35 Tablets 118 11 58 Street value of drugs seized 6,559,700 11,082,910 15,108,410 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Seizures by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Drugs seized 2001-02 2002-03 Cocaine Grams 0 1,690 Heroin Grams 0 0 Ecstasy tablets -- 0 6 Cannabis Grams 13,000 20,186 Street value of drugs seized 130,000 337,120 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Seizures by Northern Ireland Prison Service _________________________________________________________________________________________________. March to February 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Cocaine Grams 7.2 0.5 1 Tablets 7 0 0 Heroin Grams 0 0.3 2.8 Wraps 8 0 0 Ecstasy tablets -- 38.5 15 176 Cannabis Grams 432.5 645.98 952 Amphetamine Grams 40.1 10.4 1 Mls 80 0 0 Tablets 41 105 455 Barbiturates Grams 0 1.8 5.2 Tablets 1 20 15 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

425 c511-2W; 189965

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Cannabis Drugs Northern Ireland Smuggling Ecstasy Cocaine Drug seizures Amphetamines LSD

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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