HC Deb 16 January 1995 vol 252 cc326-7W
Mr. Spellar

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many drug seizures there were, and what quantities of drugs were seized, in each of the last four years.

Sir John Wheeler

The quantities of drugs seized were as follows:

1990 1991 1992 1993
Cannabis Kilos 37.6 39.0 15.75 44.5
Cannabis plants 5 19 — 419

1990 1991 1992 1993
Cocaine — 88 gms 77 gms 19 gms
Opiates 2,757 250 doses 20 gms 363 gms
(inc. Heroin) MST tabs Dipipanone 1 gm Morphine 57 doses
LSD 573 doses 800 doses 9,201 doses 8,022 doses
MDMA (Ecstasy) — 2,711 4,408 2,923 tabs
Amphetamines 95.2 gms 625 gms 25 tabs 5,732 gms 1,728 doses

Annual Slaughter Capacity (DANI estimate) Number of Slaughter Plants
Year Cattle Sheep Pigs Cattle/Sheep Pigs
1979 650,000 n/a 1,500,000 13 7
1984 750,000 n/a 1,500,000 18 7
1989 800,000 1,250,000 1,800,000 16 7
1994 800,000 950,000 1,500,000 10 5
n/a - not available.