HC Deb 21 March 1989 vol 149 c546W
Mr. Tom Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the weight of police seizures of(a) cocaine, (b) heroin and (c) all drugs, for each year since 1979.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested is shown in the table. Figures for 1988 are not yet available.

Quantities of drug seizures (grammes) by the police in Scotland: 1979–87
Cocaine Heroin All drugs
1979 33.805 155.898 27,636.978
1980 27.564 166.517 21,720.729
1981 29.037 98.633 19,862.644
1982 203.737 816.584 85,465.785
1983 83.088 1,540.031 74,804.202
1984 460.763 3,340.739 62,163.204
1985 260.175 3,668.488 72,329.897
1986 50.303 810.073 52,080.084
1987 106.499 1,015.371 71,143.757