[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 118 - Drug seizures [Airports] [25323/10]. (15 Jun 2010)
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118. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail, in tabular form, the quantity and type of illegal drug seized at each of the State’s airports in 2009 and, in a separate table, to date in 2010.
Minister for Finance (Deputy Brian Lenihan): I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the tables below set out the amounts of illegal drugs, together with the number of seizures and estimated value, seized by Revenue’s Customs Service in 2009 and 2010 to date at airports in the State.
2009 — Drug Seizures
DUBLIN AIRPORT
DRUG TYPE |
NUMBER OF SEIZURES |
VOLUME (KGS) |
VALUE (EURO) |
AMPHETAMINE |
1 |
0.0010 |
15 |
CANNABIS HERBAL |
170 |
201.9914 |
2,423,695 |
CANNABIS RESIN |
91 |
14.0169 |
97,014 |
COCAINE |
26 |
28.2020 |
1,974,152 |
CRACK COCAINE |
1 |
0.0440 |
4,400 |
ECSTASY |
3 |
0.0139 |
233 |
HEROIN |
1 |
0.0015 |
300 |
KHAT |
8 |
47.2500 |
94,500 |
LSD |
1 |
0.3000 |
10,000 |
MAGIC MUSHROOMS |
4 |
0.0990 |
250 |
MESCALINE |
2 |
7.4000 |
59,200 |
METHAMPHAMINE |
1 |
0.0010 |
70 |
TOTAL |
309 |
299.3207 |
4,663,829 |
2009 — Drug Seizures CORK AIRPORT
DRUG TYPE |
NUMBER OF SEIZURES |
VOLUME (KGS) |
VALUE (EURO) |
AMPHETAMINE |
3 |
0.0072 |
110 |
CANNABIS HERBAL |
177 |
1.1172 |
11,763 |
CANNABIS RESIN |
73 |
0.3801 |
2,558 |
COCAINE |
2 |
0.8310 |
58,170 |
ECSTASY |
1 |
0.0066 |
110 |
TOTAL |
256 |
2.3421 |
72,711 |
2009 — Drug Seizures SHANNON AIRPORT
DRUG TYPE |
NUMBER OF SEIZURES |
VOLUME (KGS) |
VALUE (EURO) |
AMPHETAMINE |
2 |
1.0000 |
15,000 |
CANNABIS HERBAL |
9 |
7.3050 |
87,660 |
CANNABIS RESIN |
5 |
0.7720 |
4,704 |
COCAINE |
3 |
2.1620 |
151,340 |
TOTAL |
19 |
11.239 |
258,704 |
2009 — Drug Seizures
IRELAND WEST KNOCK AIRPORT
DRUG TYPE |
NUMBER OF SEIZURES |
VOLUME (KGS) |
VALUE (EURO) |
AMPHETAMINE |
5 |
0.0045 |
153 |
CANNABIS HERBAL |
15 |
0.0865 |
1,054 |
CANNABIS RESIN |
5 |
0.025 |
175 |
ECSTASY |
2 |
2 Tabs |
10 |
TOTAL |
27 |
0.116 |
1,392 |
DRUG TYPE |
NUMBER OF SEIZURES |
VOLUME (KGS) |
VALUE (EURO) |
CANNABIS HERBAL |
5 |
1.0290 |
12,348 |
TOTAL |
5 |
1.0290 |
12,348 |
There were no drug seizures in 2009 at any other airport.
2010 — Drug Seizures
DUBLIN AIRPORT
DRUG TYPE |
NUMBER OF SEIZURES |
VOLUME (KGS) |
VALUE (EURO) |
AMPHETAMINE |
1 |
0.0020 |
30 |
ANABOLIC STEROIDS |
1 |
5.8805 |
39,200 |
CANNABIS HERBAL |
102 |
1.4224 |
12,613 |
CANNABIS RESIN |
45 |
1.3185 |
7,911 |
COCAINE |
8 |
6.1710 |
431,970 |
HEROIN |
1 |
0.2650 |
39,750 |
KHAT |
2 |
43.3000 |
86,600 |
LSD |
1 |
0.0900 |
3,000 |
MAGIC MUSHROOMS |
3 |
0.0470 |
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
MM-MO Crime and law > Substance related offence > Drug offence > Illegal transportation of drugs (smuggling / trafficking)
MM-MO Crime and law > Crime > Substance related crime > Crime associated with substance production and distribution
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