Drug Seizures by Scottish Police Forces, 2010-11

Drug seizures by Scottish Police Forces in 2010-11


Table 2: The number1 of seizures of class A drugs made by police forces in Scotland by drug type, 2010-11

Drug Type Central Dumfries & Galloway Fife Grampian Lothian & Borders2 Northern Strathclyde Tayside Scotland
Cocaine 42 48 41 216 347 117 1,157 118 2,086
Crack - - - 118 7 31 27 6 189
Ecstasy-type Substances 14 12 16 14 6 34 154 19 269
Heroin 125 128 120 339 684 109 1,618 361 3,484
LSD 1 - - - - 3 - 1 5
Methadone 14 9 10 28 64 11 109 21 266
Methylamphetamine - - - 1 NA - - - 1
Morphine - - - 3 NA 2 8 8 21
Other class A 2 - - 2 - 5 9 8 26
Total1 191 197 187 721 1,108 312 2,974 542 6,232

Notes:

1. Seizures involving more than one class of drug are counted as a single seizure in the total number of seizures but are counted separately against each individual drug class involved. For more information please see Note 4.4.

2. Lothian and Borders Police are unable to provide seizures figures for some drug types. For more information please see Note 4.11.

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