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Drug seizures at record level says Australian Crime Commission

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 05/15/2015 - 07:18

Authorities made more than 110,000 drug arrests in the 2013-14 financial year and seized 27 tonnes of illicit substances

More drugs have been seized than at any other time in Australia and authorities make a narcotics-related arrest an average of once every five minutes, a new report by the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) has said.

The illicit drug report pulls together data from state and territory police units, as well as the Australian federal police (AFP) and the Customs and Border Protection Service.

It finds authorities made more than 110,000 drug arrests in the 2013-14 financial year and seized a record 27 tonnes of illicit substances.

“Alarmingly, that is one arrest every five minutes and one seizure every six minutes,” justice minister Michael Keenan said.

“There is no doubt that we are disrupting more criminals and detecting more illicit drugs than ever before but the illicit drug market still remains...

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http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/may/15/drug-seizures-at-record-level-says-australian-commission

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