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asked Her Majesty's Government:How many drug-related seizures have been made in the Helmand province of Afghanistan; and how many drug-related laboratories have been destroyed in the province since the NATO operation commenced.

Asked by

Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative)

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Written questions

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Answered

Date

8 January 2007

Reference

901; 688 c2WA

House

House of Lords

Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many opium seizures have been made (a) in Afghanistan and (b) on Afghan borders since UK forces took control of the international community's efforts to stop the flow of drugs from Afghanistan; and if he will make a...

Asked by

Mark Simmonds (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 February 2006

Reference

443 c287W;443 c287W; 51576

House

House of Commons

Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much opium has been confiscated in Afghanistan in each of the last three years.

Asked by

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 February 2006

Reference

48928; 442 c1447W;442 c1447W

House

House of Commons

Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what quantity of drugs was seized in Afghanistan during 2005, broken down by type of narcotic.

Asked by

Marquess of Lothian (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 February 2006

Reference

49282; 442 c1042W;442 c1042W

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many successful counter-narcotics operations there have been in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Mark Simmonds (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 November 2004

Reference

196424; 426 c627W;426 c627-8W

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many opium seizures have been made (a) in Afghanistan and (b) on Afghan borders since UK forces took control of the international community's efforts to stop the flow of drugs from Afghanistan. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Mark Simmonds (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 October 2004

For answer on

28 October 2004

Answered on

28 October 2004

Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many opium seizures have been made (a) in Afghanistan and (b) on Afghan borders since UK forces took control of the international community's efforts to stop the flow of drugs from Afghanistan. [193467] Mr. Rammell: The UK took on lead nation status for coordinating international counter narcotics activity in Afghanistan in April 2002. We remain committed to supporting the Afghan Government in implementation of their Afghan National Drug Control Strategy, and have allocated more than £70 million over three years for counter narcotics activity plus significant development funding and support for alternative livelihoods. The British Embassy Drugs Team, with assistance from other Government Departments, rather than UK forces, is the main delivery agent of this support and coordination. Since it became operational in January 2003, the Afghan Special Narcotics Force, supported by UK advice and funding, has seized over 50 tonnes of opiates. In addition, the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan, which was created in January 2003 with UK support, report that to date they have seized 2.1 tons heroin and 13.6 tons opium, over 1.5 tons of which were achieved specifically in UK supported operations together with 4.6 tons of precursor chemicals. The Afghan general and border police also seize opiates in the course of their work, but we do not have reliable figures. In addition, the UK works closely with Afghanistan's neighbours, including providing assistance, to help their efforts to counter the flow of opiates from Afghanistan. These countries have reported that in excess of 100 tonnes of opiates were seized in 2003.

Date

28 October 2004

Reference

425 c1383W; 193467

House

House of Commons

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