Drug Seizures by Scottish Police Forces, 2011-12

Drug seizures by Scottish police forces in 2011-12


Table 3a: The number of seizures of class A drugs made by police forces in Scotland by drug type, 2010-11

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Number

Drug Type Central Dumfries & Galloway Fife Grampian3 Lothian & Borders4 Northern Strathclyde Tayside Scotland
Cocaine 42 48 41 166 347 117 1,159 118 2,038
Crack - - - 82 7 31 28 6 154
Ecstasy-type Substances 14 12 16 13 6 34 155 19 269
Heroin 125 128 120 270 684 109 1,620 361 3,417
LSD 1 - - - - 3 - 1 5
Methadone 14 9 10 17 64 11 109 21 255
Methylamphetamine - - - 1 NA - - - 1
Morphine - - - 2 NA 2 9 8 21
Other class A2 2 - - 6 - 5 9 8 30
Total1 191 197 187 557 1,108 312 2,980 542 6,074

Notes:

1. Seizures involving more than one type of drug are counted as a single seizure in the total number of seizures but are counted separately against each individual drug type involved. For more information please see Note 3.3.1.

2. Figures for 'other class A drugs' include tapentadol, which became a controlled drug on 28 March 2011.

3. The previously published number of seizures for Grampian Police for 2010-11 were based on Grampian Police Quarterly statistics. The revised figures for 2010-11 are drawn directly from Grampian Police's crime recording system and as such provide greater accuracy. The quantity of drugs seized have not been affected.

4. Lothian and Borders Police are unable to provide seizures figures for some drug types. For more information please see Note 3.3.6.

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