Written answers
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
Department of Finance
Drug Seizures
8:00 am
Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail, in tabular form, the quantity and type of illegal drug seized at each of the State's airports in 2009 and, in a separate table, to date in 2010. [25323/10]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the tables below set out the amounts of illegal drugs, together with the number of seizures and estimated value, seized by Revenue's Customs Service in 2009 and 2010 to date at airports in the State.
2009 - Drug Seizures
DUBLIN AIRPORT
| DRUG TYPE | NUMBER OF SEIZURES | VOLUME (KGS) | VALUE (EURO) |
| AMPHETAMINE | 1 | 0.0010 | 15 |
| CANNABIS HERBAL | 170 | 201.9914 | 2,423,695 |
| CANNABIS RESIN | 91 | 14.0169 | 97,014 |
| COCAINE | 26 | 28.2020 | 1,974,152 |
| CRACK COCAINE | 1 | 0.0440 | 4,400 |
| ECSTASY | 3 | 0.0139 | 233 |
| HEROIN | 1 | 0.0015 | 300 |
| KHAT | 8 | 47.2500 | 94,500 |
| LSD | 1 | 0.3000 | 10,000 |
| MAGIC MUSHROOMS | 4 | 0.0990 | 250 |
| MESCALINE | 2 | 7.4000 | 59,200 |
| METHAMPHAMINE | 1 | 0.0010 | 70 |
| TOTAL | 309 | 299.3207 | 4,663,829 |
CORK AIRPORT
| DRUG TYPE | NUMBER OF SEIZURES | VOLUME (KGS) | VALUE (EURO) |
| AMPHETAMINE | 3 | 0.0072 | 110 |
| CANNABIS HERBAL | 177 | 1.1172 | 11,763 |
| CANNABIS RESIN | 73 | 0.3801 | 2,558 |
| COCAINE | 2 | 0.8310 | 58,170 |
| ECSTASY | 1 | 0.0066 | 110 |
| TOTAL | 256 | 2.3421 | 72,711 |
SHANNON AIRPORT
| DRUG TYPE | NUMBER OF SEIZURES | VOLUME (KGS) | VALUE (EURO) |
| AMPHETAMINE | 2 | 1.0000 | 15,000 |
| CANNABIS HERBAL | 9 | 7.3050 | 87,660 |
| CANNABIS RESIN | 5 | 0.7720 | 4,704 |
| COCAINE | 3 | 2.1620 | 151,340 |
| TOTAL | 19 | 11.239 | 258,704 |
IRELAND WEST KNOCK AIRPORT
| DRUG TYPE | NUMBER OF SEIZURES | VOLUME (KGS) | VALUE (EURO) |
| AMPHETAMINE | 5 | 0.0045 | 153 |
| CANNABIS HERBAL | 15 | 0.0865 | 1,054 |
| CANNABIS RESIN | 5 | 0.025 | 175 |
| ECSTASY | 2 | 2 Tabs | 10 |
| TOTAL | 27 | 0.116 | 1,392 |
WATERFORD
| DRUG TYPE | NUMBER OF SEIZURES | VOLUME (KGS) | VALUE (EURO) |
| CANNABIS HERBAL | 5 | 1.0290 | 12,348 |
| TOTAL | 5 | 1.0290 | 12,348 |
There were no drug seizures in 2009 at any other airport.
2010 - Drug Seizures
DUBLIN AIRPORT
| DRUG TYPE | NUMBER OF SEIZURES | VOLUME (KGS) | VALUE (EURO) |
| AMPHETAMINE | 1 | 0.0020 | 30 |
| ANABOLIC STEROIDS | 1 | 5.8805 | 39,200 |
| CANNABIS HERBAL | 102 | 1.4224 | 12,613 |
| CANNABIS RESIN | 45 | 1.3185 | 7,911 |
| COCAINE | 8 | 6.1710 | 431,970 |
| HEROIN | 1 | 0.2650 | 39,750 |
| KHAT | 2 | 43.3000 | 86,600 |
| LSD | 1 | 0.0900 | 3,000 |
| MAGIC MUSHROOMS | 3 | 0.0470 | 470 |
| TOTAL | 164 | 58.4964 | 621,544 |
CORK AIRPORT
| DRUG TYPE | NUMBER OF SEIZURES | VOLUME (KGS) | VALUE (EURO) |
| CANNABIS HERBAL | 51 | 9.8555 | 118,222 |
| CANNABIS RESIN | 14 | 0.0581 | 349 |
| MAGIC MUSHROOMS | 1 | 0.0150 | 150 |
| TOTAL | 66 | 9.9286 | 118,721 |
SHANNON AIRPORT
| DRUG TYPE | NUMBER OF SEIZURES | VOLUME (KGS) | VALUE (EURO) |
| AMPHETAMINE | 2 | 0.0070 | 105 |
| CANNABIS HERBAL | 7 | 1.2190 | 14,628 |
| CANNABIS RESIN | 2 | 0.0125 | 75 |
| COCAINE | 7 | 0.1250 | 8,750 |
| TOTAL | 18 | 1.3635 | 23,558 |
IRELAND WEST KNOCK AIRPORT
| DRUG TYPE | NUMBER OF SEIZURES | VOLUME (KGS) | VALUE (EURO) |
| CANNABIS HERBAL | 7 | 0.049 | 588 |
| CANNABIS RESIN | 2 | 0.004 | 24 |
| TOTAL | 9 | 0.053 | 612 |
WATERFORD
| DRUG TYPE | NUMBER OF SEIZURES | VOLUME (KGS) | VALUE (EURO) |
| COCAINE | 1 | 3.5000 | 245,000 |
| TOTAL | 1 | 3.5000 | 245,000 |
There were no drug seizures in 2010 to date at any other airport.
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