Written answers
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Drug Seizures
12:00 pm
Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in County Meath over the past two years. [27361/09]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the following table sets out the number of drugs cases for analysis, as provided by the Forensic Science Laboratory for the Meath Garda Division in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009:
Drug Type Detected | No. of Cases Analysed2007 | No. of Cases Analysed2008 | No. of Cases Analysed2009* |
Cannabis Herb | 26 | 45 | 7 |
Cannabis Plants | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Cannabis Resin | 69 | 44 | 15 |
Cocaine | 36 | 41 | 6 |
Heroin Diamorphine | 12 | 14 | 4 |
MDMA | 25 | 40 | 3 |
Amphetamine | 2 | 6 | 3 |
BZP | 0 | 10 | 2 |
* statistics are valid to 1st July, 2009
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