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Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what weight of the drug yaba was seized by Government officials last year in the UK; what steps he is taking to tackle illegal imports of the drug yaba into the UK. - Inc figure.

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John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)

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Treasury

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Answered

Date

20 May 2002

Reference

386 c104W; 57688;57689

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House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seizures of methamphetamine have been made by (a) police and (b) HM Customs, in the last 10 years; and what was the total quantity seized. - Inc table and fact that some figures could only be given at...

Asked by

Paul Flynn (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

31 March 1999

For answer on

21 April 1999

Answered on

21 April 1999

Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many seizures of methylamphetamine have been made by (a) police and (b) HM Customs, in the last 10 years; and what was the total quantity seized. [79902] Mr. George Howarth: Figures for the number of seizures of methylamphetamine made by the police and Customs and submitted to the Forensic Science Service for analysis between 1995 and 1998 are given in the table. It should be noted that full information is not available for 1996 and 1997. Equivalent figures for earlier years can be provided only at disproportionate cost. Not all seizures of controlled drugs are necessarily submitted for analysis. Details of all seizures, whether analysed or not, can be provided only at disproportionate cost. Until late 1997, methylamphetamine represented less than 0.1 per cent. of all amphetamine cases in the United Kingdom. Furthermore, the amounts seized (mostly white powders) were generally small with typical purities of less than 10 per cent. The weight of tablets varies but is typically in the range 250-300 milligrams and perhaps has a drug content of 5 per cent. Use of this substance is very rare in Europe but is more prevalent in the United States of America and Japan. Seizures of methylamphetamine submitted to the Forensic Science Service for analysis by police and Customs 1995-98 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of seizures Quantity seized Police 1995 12 309 grams, 1 tablet 1996 7 23 grams, 25 tablets 1997 (April-December only) 34 Less than 7 grams, 743 tablets 1998 81 7.75 grams, 4,955 tablets (includes one seizure of 3,000 tablets and another of 400 tablets) Customs 1995 Not available Not available 1996 (July-December only) 1 0.96 grams 1997 0 0 1998 2 19.24 grams _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Forensic Science Service

Date

21 April 1999

Reference

79902; 329 c579-80W

House

House of Commons

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