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Cocaine

Volume 498: debated on Tuesday 3 November 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what quantity of cocaine was seized at (a) Gatwick and (b) Heathrow airports in each month between April 2008 and March 2009. (296478)

From April 2008 until March 2009, a total of 1,158.42 kilos of cocaine were seized by UKBA officers working in the Border Force South Region, which includes Gatwick airport and all ports along the South Coast. During the same period a total of 434.23 kilos of cocaine were seized by UKBA officers in the Heathrow region.

The following tables provide a monthly breakdown of these seizures.

South region

Cocaine quantity (kilos)

April 2008

62.50

May 2008

87.06

June 2008

69.59

July 2008

165.42

August 2008

50.20

September 2008

167.11

October 2008

105.54

November 2008

45.25

December 2008

43.97

January 2009

24.43

February 2009

299.88

March 2009

37.47

Period total

1,158.42

Heathrow region

Cocaine quantity (kilos)

April 2008

26.16

May 2008

30.31

June 2008

77.08

July 2008

45.53

August 2008

32.91

September 2008

18.25

October 2008

44.54

November 2008

78.35

December 2008

16.37

January 2009

18.60

February 2009

24.87

March 2009

21.27

Period total

434.23

The above data have been extracted from locally-collated management information. It is provisional and therefore may be subject to change.