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Statistical Bulletin: Crime and Justice Series: Drug Seizures by Scottish Police Forces, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007

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Table 4 The number of seizures of class C drugs made by Police by drug type and year, Scotland

Drug Type

1996/1997

1997/1998

1998/1999

1999/2000

2000/2001

2001/2002

2002/2003

2003/2004

2004/2005

2005/2006

2006/2007

Cannabis resin

10,228

12,660

13,767

12,345

11,808

14,136

15,987

16,527

17,824

17,529

10,788

Cannabis plants

262

182

135

93

93

97

145

183

163

197

304

Cannabis herbal

1,064

482

517

439

425

574

1,158

1,388

1,747

2,283

2,931

Cannabis oil

6

10

5

10

3

4

5

7

2

1

1

Total Cannabis1

11,047

13,023

14,073

12,616

12,077

14,519

16,758

17,486

19,216

19,319

13,364

Temazepam

645

337

527

220

90

174

198

291

140

84

58

Benzodiazepines

438

511

690

609

571

805

1,700

1,176

1,658

1,637

2,139

GHB

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

2

1

Anabolic Steroids

0

0

0

1

3

5

10

6

8

11

7

Other class C

119

122

109

66

38

24

24

21

29

18

34

Total2

11,781

13,539

14,823

13,109

12,447

15,153

18,040

18,472

20,547

20,581

15,080

1.As a seizure can involve more than one type of cannabis, figures for individual drug type cannot be added together to produce totals. Therefore the totals of individual preparations can sum up to more than the total number of cannabis seizures.
2. see note 3.

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