Cocaine
Commons · Question 65264 · Tabled 7 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of seizures of cocaine at (a) ports and (b) airports on the supply of the drug.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 15 Jul 2025
In 2023/24, 28.3 tonnes of powder cocaine was seized by police and Border Force in England and Wales. This was an increase from 18.6 tonnes the previous year and the largest recorded quantity of cocaine seized since the time series began in 1973.However, ...