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UK: Worst areas for drug offences revealed as cops give figures for amounts seized

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 11/05/2015 - 18:55

Police last year confiscated more than a million doses of ecstasy, 3.4 tonnes of cocaine and 1.1 tonnes of heroin but say overall quantities have fallen

 

The Home Office has revealed details of drug seizures in England and Wales for 2014/15, including the country’s hotspots for illegal substances. 

The figures show that:

  • 1.1 million doses of ecstasy were confiscated in 3,018 drug seizures
  • 33kg of crack cocaine was impounded in 4,132 seizures
  • 15,815 seizures yielded almost 3.4 tonnes of cocaine
  • Police and Border Force officials seized 7.4 tonnes of cannabis resin in 5,339 raids
  • 367,000 cannabis plants were confiscated in 11,612 seizures
  • 110,626 seizures led to the confiscation of 15.1 tonnes of herbal cannabis
  • Officers captured 1.1 tonnes of heroin in 7,892 drugs seizures.

 

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