HC Deb 31 January 1990 vol 166 cc203-4W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many illicit drug seizures, broken down by drug category, have been made in United Kingdom ports in each of the last five years.

Mr. Ryder

Seizures made by Customs officers at United Kingdom ports and airports in the last five years have been as follows:

Heroin Cocaine Cannabis Amphetamine Other
1987 193 174 4,609 62 306
1988 279 221 4,934 74 177
11989 432 402 6,788 110 294
1 All 1989 figures are provisional.

The total numbers of drugs seizures made by Customs officers in 1985 and 1986 were 3,910 and 5,534 respectively, but a breakdown by drug category for these figures is not available.

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