| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 12B2 Persons found guilty of drug offences, 1987, 1992-19961, 2 |
1987 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
19963 |
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| Total | 2,591 |
4,044 |
4,015 |
4,563 |
4,364 |
3,196 |
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| Type of offence | ||||||||
| Unlawful production | 38 |
23 |
53 |
91 |
68 |
64 |
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| Unlawful supply | 166 |
247 |
231 |
313 |
344 |
327 |
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| Possession with intent to supply unlawfully | 273 |
463 |
463 |
563 |
423 |
264 |
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| Unlawful possession | 2,297 |
3,548 |
3,518 |
3,952 |
3,717 |
2,798 |
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Source: Home Office |
| 1 As the same person may be
found guilty of more than one type of offence the total of individual offence figures do
not add to the total offences figures shown. 2 Figures in this table are not directly comparable with other tables in this chapter on persons found guilty of drug offences. 3 Incomplete data. |