Cannabis: Suffolk

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.

Mr. Alan Campbell
The information requested is given in the following table.

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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |Number of Cannabis seizures|
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|2003                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |660                        |
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|20042                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |1,080                      |
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|20053                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |1,181                      |
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|2006-07                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |1,022                      |
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|2007-08                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |947                        |
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|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.|                           |
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