HL Deb 14 November 1988 vol 501 c908WA
Lord Harris of Greenwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

The total quantities of heroin and cocaine seized by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise in the first nine months of 1988; the street value of these seizures; and the comparable figures for 1986 and 1987.

Lord Young of Graffham

The information is as follows:

HEROIN COCAINE
Total Street Total Street
January to September seized kg value £m seized kg value £m
1986 131.508 29.5 54.902 12.2
1987 99.445 23.4 323.201 80.2
1988 138.027 34.6 215.913 46.9

The 1988 totals are provisional: final figures will not be available until March 1989. The estimated street values are at current prices.