asked the Minister for Finance the number and value of seizures of smuggled goods made by officers of customs and excise at each frontier post, road station and by land frontier mobile patrol units for each of the past ten years.
Written Answers. - Customs Seizures.
The information requested is in the following tables. Table A refers to seizures at frontier posts and road stations. Table B refers to seizures by land frontier mobile patrol units. Table C refers to two areas for each of which only combined figures are available.
TABLE A
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 (Jan.-Sept.) |
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Location/ |
No. |
Value |
No. |
Value |
No. |
Value |
No. |
Value |
No. |
Value |
No. |
Value |
No. |
Value |
No. |
Value |
No. |
Value |
No. |
Value |
Frontier Post |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
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Muff: |
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Fr. Post |
5 |
1,800 |
4 |
700 |
3 |
1,000 |
6 |
2,100 |
8 |
2,300 |
9 |
4,500 |
23 |
7,100 |
12 |
3,500 |
6 |
1,900 |
10 |
4,700 |
Rd. Stn. |
— |
— |
1 |
250 |
2 |
1,100 |
3 |
8,000 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
250 |
1 |
100 |
Bridgend: |
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Fr. Post |
7 |
1,800 |
3 |
400 |
4 |
1,000 |
17 |
2,700 |
19 |
4,700 |
32 |
16,500 |
31 |
10,700 |
35 |
15,400 |
26 |
7,500 |
24 |
9,50 |
Rd. Stn. |
— |
— |
1 |
200 |
1 |
1,000 |
1 |
250 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
1,500 |
1 |
1,200 |
— |
— |
Carrigans: |
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Fr. Post |
— |
— |
1 |
400 |
1 |
450 |
— |
— |
2 |
1,000 |
2 |
1,600 |
— |
— |
3 |
450 |
3 |
1,400 |
3 |
1,850 |
Rd. Stn. |
1 |
200 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
2 |
1,300 |
1 |
2,000 |
1 |
6,000 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
2,500 |
Kildrum: |
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Fr. Post |
11 |
1,730 |
22 |
2,600 |
6 |
2,000 |
34 |
12,500 |
16 |
7,900 |
11 |
3,500 |
17 |
5,400 |
20 |
6,700 |
21 |
10,850 |
11 |
6,600 |
Litford: |
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Fr. Post |
8 |
6,000 |
10 |
19,500 |
8 |
1,380 |
9 |
1,150 |
6 |
1,940 |
12 |
14,745 |
7 |
1,550 |
8 |
1,300 |
13 |
11,500 |
25 |
28,500 |
Rd. Stn. |
1 |
1,000 |
4 |
2,500 |
4 |
2,800 |
4 |
3,000 |
1 |
600 |
4 |
4,200 |
2 |
1,700 |
2 |
2,300 |
1 |
2,000 |
— |
— |
Kilclean: |
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Fr. Post |
5 |
1,800 |
5 |
1,970 |
3 |
925 |
1 |
250 |
1 |
750 |
2 |
1,457 |
4 |
1,400 |
1 |
360 |
4 |
4,700 |
5 |
8,400 |
Pettigo: |
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Fr. Post |
2 |
549 |
2 |
770 |
1 |
480 |
2 |
9,620 |
— |
— |
2 |
5,160 |
7 |
1,370 |
2 |
350 |
4 |
1,870 |
6 |
4,650 |
Ballyshannon: |
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Rd. Stn. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
70 |
3 |
10,300 |
3 |
2,038 |
2 |
10,000 |
Cloghore: |
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Fr. Post |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
100 |
2 |
500 |
1 |
353 |
2 |
450 |
8 |
1,745 |
11 |
3,400 |
3 |
2,785 |
5 |
1,950 |
Manorhamilton: |
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Rd. Stn. |
— |
— |
2 |
5,366 |
1 |
16,382 |
4 |
8,623 |
1 |
35 |
2 |
16,380 |
2 |
1,734 |
3 |
5,050 |
2 |
3,305 |
2 |
1,126 |
Swanlinbar: |
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Rd. Stn. and Fr. Post |
47 |
59,827 |
32 |
22,997 |
9 |
5,165 |
8 |
19,897 |
23 |
19,043 |
15 |
38,775 |
52 |
12,909 |
105 |
30,806 |
37 |
15,233 |
56 |
33,728 |
Ballyconnell: |
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Fr. Post |
— |
— |
— |
— |
5 |
7,721 |
7 |
4,280 |
— |
— |
5 |
1,509 |
12 |
12,398 |
5 |
1,223 |
4 |
1,505 |
3 |
2,530 |
Clones: |
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Fr. Post and Rd. Stn. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
5 |
869 |
12 |
47,413 |
9 |
8,336 |
15 |
17,538 |
13 |
14,303 |
12 |
15,508 |
10 |
15,546 |
10 |
2,008 |
Tyholland: |
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Fr. Post |
Records not available |
86 |
111,708 |
82 |
168,379 |
88 |
203,993 |
48 |
92,140 |
64 |
185,948 |
89 |
102,279 |
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Monaghan: |
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Rd. Stn. |
2 |
5,500 |
— |
— |
3 |
6,486 |
7 |
6,016 |
4 |
13,080 |
4 |
120,377 |
4 |
12,767 |
12 |
17,289 |
3 |
4,638 |
9 |
16,596 |
Moybridge: |
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Fr. Post |
— |
— |
4 |
12,573 |
31 |
17,554 |
74 |
94,111 |
34 |
16,419 |
56 |
39,977 |
53 |
21,006 |
29 |
17,961 |
12 |
8,207 |
21 |
17,139 |
Dundalk: |
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Rail |
— |
— |
1 |
269 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
4 |
10 |
10 |
376 |
21 |
410 |
— |
— |
1 |
5 |
1 |
99 |
Rd. Stn. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
200 |
— |
— |
8 |
72,470 |
14 |
69,688 |
15 |
66,030 |
15 |
30,410 |
29 |
124,429 |
Carrickcarnan |
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Fr. Post |
32 |
19,040 |
25 |
14,575 |
28 |
19,620 |
31 |
32,311 |
20 |
46,117 |
99 |
37,418 |
209 |
58,553 |
331 |
175,575 |
218 |
122,480 |
240 |
119,912 |
Ferryhill: |
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Fr. Post |
3 |
8,270 |
1 |
50 |
1 |
3,308 |
8 |
6,404 |
2 |
3,000 |
14 |
3,838 |
31 |
41,165 |
21 |
6,108 |
7 |
1,596 |
25 |
17,622 |
Greenore: |
— |
— |
2 |
4 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
4 |
4,329 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
TABLE B
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 (Jan.-Sept.) |
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Location/ Frontier Post |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
Land Frontier: |
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Mobile seizures |
334 |
409,918 |
382 |
407,513 |
262 |
327,965 |
280 |
311,217 |
201 |
327,160 |
276 |
409,081 |
436 |
611,620 |
393 |
537,323 |
326 |
547,491 |
523 |
1,444,864 |
TABLE C
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 (Jan.-Sept.) |
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Location/ Frontier Post |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
No. |
Value£ |
Blacklion: |
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Fr. Post & Mobile |
68 |
103,750 |
29 |
60,100 |
38 |
81,800 |
21 |
52,860 |
15 |
44,087 |
15 |
45,800 |
62 |
163,319 |
70 |
176,419 |
38 |
157,250 |
65 |
191,870 |
Tullynagrow: |
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Fr. Post & Castleblayney Rd. Stn. & Mobiles |
37 |
99,577 |
35 |
232,204 |
36 |
102,757 |
23 |
102,085 |
36 |
89,166 |
62 |
100,026 |
92 |
298,648 |
67 |
230,868 |
32 |
64,543 |
50 |
141,544 |