HC Deb 06 February 1992 vol 203 c254W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the overall figure of seized illegal drugs detected by customs officers in each of the last 12 years.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The information is as follows:

Kilos
Cannabis Heroin Cocaine Amphetamine
1980 25,610 38 35
1981 24,188 87 13 8
1982 16,245 183 12 2
1983 20,692 212 73 13
1984 26,256 312 35 19
1985 20,905 334 78 26
1986 22,298 179 99 29
1987 16,292 190 362 15
1988 44,018 230 283 18
1989 50,715 331 424 22
1990 24,581 576 561 81
1991 22,500 356 1,061 1473

Notes:

  1. 1. Figures are for main types of drugs.
  2. 2. 1991 figures are provisional.
1 Figure includes approximately 285 kilos of MDA a derivative of MDMA (known colloquially as 'Ecstasy').

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