§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis as to the estimated cost of the Metropolitan police drugs raid on Broadwater Farm estate on 29 September; and what type and quantity of drugs were seized during the raid.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 27 October 1989]: I understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the additional overtime costs were about £42,500. There were some other minor additional costs but these cannot readily be identified. The forensic examination and weighing of the drugs found has not yet been completed, but an initial examination indicates that about a kilo of cannabis was seized as well as some cocaine.