I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of seizures and the value of drugs seized by the national drugs unit in the years 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 are as in the table.
Year
|
No. of Seizures
|
Estimated Street Value
|
|
|
€
|
2001
|
31
|
29,584,250
|
2002
|
29
|
29,856,000
|
2003
|
39
|
39,129,200
|
2004
|
31
|
20,129,200
|
The second table sets out details of joint operations carried out with the customs national drugs team over the same period.
Year
|
No. of Seizures
|
Estimated Street Value
|
|
|
€
|
2001
|
44
|
10,400,000
|
2002
|
7
|
600,000
|
2003
|
38
|
11,000,000
|
2004
|
28
|
8,755,000
|