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Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much crack by weight and volume was confiscated in the United Kingdom or entering the United Kingdom in (a) 1987, (b) 1988 and (c) each month of 1989.
Mr. Mellor
Seizures of crack reported by the police to the National Drugs Intelligence Unit were:
| Year | Seizures |
| 1987 | 12 |
| 1988 | 27 |
| 11989 | 124 |
| 1 January—November. | |
Grammes
| |
| 1987 | 6·7 |
| 1988 | 113·7 |
| 1989 | |
| January | 2·3 |
| February | 85·1 |
| March | 26·3 |
| April | 6·4 |
| May | 22·3 |
| June | 2·8 |
| July | 8·9 |
| August | 41·8 |
| September | 9·6 |
| October | 12·2 |
| November | 21·6 |
In addition Customs reported one seizure of I gm of crack in 1987, one of 0·9 gm in 1988 and two in March 1989 amounting to 138 gm.