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Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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164. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of illegal drugs seized and destroyed respectively in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16156/17]

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that the values of the illegal drugs which have been seized by them in each of the past five years are set out in the table. The values are estimated at the time of seizure and before full forensic analysis is complete.

YearValue of Illegal Drugs Seized

€million
201249.3
201320.8
201491
201523.1
201630.5

Illegal drugs seized by Revenue's Customs service are destroyed in consultation with An Garda Síochána and the Forensic Liaison Office of Forensic Science Ireland.

Drugs seized by Revenue that are required for evidence in criminal investigations are held until judicial proceedings are complete. In these circumstances the drugs may not be destroyed in the same year as they are seized.

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