Northern Ireland written question – answered at on 27 March 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many seizures of illegal drugs were made in each district command unit in each of the last five years.
The following table sets out details the number of seizures of illegal drugs made in each District Command Unit in each of the last five years.
2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
Antrim | 23 | 75 | 89 | 97 | 87 |
Ards | 48 | 63 | 46 | 40 | 37 |
East Belfast | 54 | 125 | 100 | 100 | 81 |
North Belfast | 150 | 154 | 154 | 215 | 229 |
South Belfast | 149 | 221 | 228 | 219 | 266 |
West Belfast | 70 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 97 |
Carrickfergus | 38 | 61 | 64 | 50 | 29 |
Castlereagh | 35 | 55 | 48 | 45 | 41 |
Larne | 31 | 40 | 10 | 15 | 29 |
Lisburn | 101 | 88 | 121 | 118 | 125 |
Newtownabbey | 42 | 57 | 45 | 63 | 62 |
North Down | 76 | 98 | 116 | 105 | 96 |
Urban | 817 | 1,087 | 1,079 | 1,35 | 1,179 |
Armagh | 44 | 67 | 71 | 98 | 56 |
Banbridge | 101 | 140 | 153 | 122 | 126 |
Ballymena | 11 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 9 |
Ballymoney | 55 | 49 | 32 | 46 | 28 |
Coleraine | 108 | 138 | 147 | 181 | 232 |
Cookstown | 43 | 76 | 76 | 98 | 74 |
Craigavon | 101 | 102 | 126 | 191 | 196 |
Dungannon and S Tyrone | 38 | 78 | 104 | 102 | 82 |
Down | 58 | 90 | 74 | 101 | 76 |
Fermanagh | 42 | 54 | 78 | 75 | 48 |
Foyle | 125 | 141 | 146 | 163 | 136 |
Limavady | 35 | 64 | 70 | 110 | 97 |
Magherafelt | 35 | 56 | 42 | 40 | 40 |
Moyle | 6 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 17 |
Newry and Mourne | 43 | 78 | 60 | 80 | 65 |
Omagh | 74 | 78 | 97 | 159 | 97 |
Strabane | 45 | 29 | 24 | 36 | 32 |
Rural | 964 | 1,260 | 1,323 | 1,632 | 1,411 |
Total | 1,781 | 2,347 | 2,402 | 2,767 | 2,590 |
Source: Central Statistics Unit, Police Service of Northern Ireland. |
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