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Drug Seizures

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 June 2012

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Ceisteanna (662)

Dara Calleary

Ceist:

665 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the volume, estimated value and type of prescription drugs seized during the arrests of persons engaged in the illegal sale of prescription drugs in 2012. [26601/12]

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I am advised by the Garda authorities that the following table provides the available data relating to the type, quantity and value of prescription drugs seized by An Garda Síochána during the arrest of persons engaged in the illegal sale of prescription drugs for the first quarter of 2012 (January 1 to 31 March inclusive).

Garda data from arrests of persons engaged in the illegal sale of prescription drugs for the periodJanuary-March 2012

Drug

Volume in Grams

Tablets/Capsules

Value

Alprazolam

1,388

€2,776

Bromazepam

1

€1

Clonazepam

627

€627

Diazepam

263

95,831

€101,091

Flunitrazepam

1,667

€3,334

Fluoxetine

1

€1

Flurazepam

134

€268

Lormetazepam

10

€20

Morphine

40

€40

Oxycodone

1

€1

Phenacetin

2,737

0

€2,737

Temazepam

4

€4

Triazolam

143

€143

Amylobarbitone

35

€35

Tramadol

10

€10

Sildenafil

59

€59

Zolpidem

151

€302

Zopiclone

3,124

€6,248

*This table was prepared from information provided by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) and is based on prescription drugs analysed at the FSL valid up to 15 May 2012.

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