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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 5 The quantity seized of class A drugs made by Police by drug type and year, Scotland1

Drug Type

1996/1997

1997/1998

1998/1999

1999/2000

2000/2001

2001/2002

2002/2003

2003/2004

2004/2005

2005/2006

2006/2007

Quantities seized in kg (unless otherwise specified)

Crack

<0.05

<0.05

0.6

0.2

0.3

0.7

4.9

1.2

1.1

3.1

9.2

Cocaine

4.1

2.5

28.7

32.6

25.3

23.9

46.3

18.3

44.2

77.5

93.5

Heroin

20.2

22.6

56.6

197.1

49.0

133.9

60.9

71.0

179.3

101.6

83.8

Methadone 2

0.1

0.2

0.1

4.6

13.5

11.6

8.8

22.1

16.3

24.2

20.6

LSD3

15.1

0.7

0.7

1.0

1.4

0.1

<0.05

<0.05

1.7

1.3

0.4

Methylamphetamine

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

1.7

5.4

<0.05

<0.05

.

.

<0.05

Ecstasy-type 3

49.6

65.2

68.0

90.5

175.4

379.6

316.6

135.3

129.7

126.0

146.3

Other class A

6.6

<0.05

7.0

0.2

0.1

0.1

<0.05

0.3

4.0

4.6

7.0

1. No conversions have been applied to methadone, LSD and Ecstasy-type drugs. Some seizures of these drugs were obtained and weighed. See notes 7, 8 and 9.
2. Measured in litres
3. Measured in thousands of doses

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