I am informed by the Garda authorities that the establishment of the drug type and the number of firearms involved in the seizures to which the Deputy refers would require an extensive manual search of records and would involve the expenditure of a significant level of resources. The table provides details of drugs seizures valued at over €10,000 where at least one firearm, within the meaning of the Firearms Acts 1925 to 1990, was also seized in the past five years.
Year
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No. of seizures involving firearms with drugs valued over €10,000
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2005 to date
|
8
|
2004
|
2
|
2003
|
9
|
2002
|
4
|
2001
|
3
|
2000
|
2
|