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Cannabis: Suffolk

Volume 496: debated on Wednesday 15 July 2009

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Mr. Spring

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many seizures of cannabis were made by the police in Suffolk in each of the last five years. (286271)

Mr. Alan Campbell

The information requested is given in the following table.

Number of police seizures of cannabis in Suffolk police force area, 2003 to 2007-081

Number of Cannabis seizures

2003

660

20042

1,080

20053

1,181

2006-07

1,022

2007-08

947

1 The drugs seizures collection was changed from a calendar year basis to a financial year basis from 2006-07 onwards.

2 Increases in cannabis seizures in 2004 and 2005 are thought to be associated with the introduction of cannabis warnings on 1 April 2004.

3 2005 figures onwards are unrounded; previous years rounded.