asked the Minister for Justice the approximate quantities of heroin and cannabis seized during the past year; the number of prosecutions that have taken place during the period; and how these figures compare with those for the last three years.
Written Answers. - Drug Seizures.
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Limerick East): The latest available figures are in respect of the years 1980, 1981 and 1982.
The amounts of heroin, cannabis resin and cannabis seized in those years were as follows:—
|
Year |
Heroin |
Cannabis Resin |
Cannabis |
|
grms. |
kgs. |
kgs. |
|
|
1980 |
105.25 |
33.5 |
550.5 |
|
1981 |
170.134 |
1,646.53 |
44.38 |
|
1982 |
1,264.35 |
172.66 |
48.427 |
The numbers of persons prosecuted for drugs offences in the years 1980, 1981 and 1982 were 991, 1,256 and 1,593, respectively.
The corresponding figures for 1983 will appear in due course in the Commissioner's crime report for that year.