A total 40 kilogrammes of cocaine were confiscated in the past two and a half years, the Home Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
It said that this was confiscated together with 21 kilogrammes of heroin, more than 500 kilogrammes of cannabis in its different forms and some 53,000 ecstasy pills.
The total amount of drugs confiscated since 2008 are as follows:
2008
|
Amphetamine |
0.5grs |
|
Cannabis grass |
16.1grs |
|
Cannabis Plant |
11 |
|
Cannabis resin |
23Kg419.31grs |
|
Kokaina |
21Kg143.37grs |
|
Ecstacy |
13,677 tablets |
|
Eroina |
8Kg426.6grs |
|
Khat |
20Kg |
|
L.S.D |
5 Micro-dots |
|
Methadone |
230ml |
|
Tryptizol |
3 tablets |
|
Valium |
2 tablets |
2009
|
Kokaina |
16kgs005.363grs |
|
Eroina |
8kgs411.13grs |
|
Cannabis grass |
458kgs310.2grs |
|
Cannabis plant |
6 |
|
Cannabis resin |
23kgs418.19grs |
|
Cannabis seeds |
8grs |
|
Ecstasy |
21,682 1/2 tablets |
|
Ecstasy (caffeine) |
3,150 tablets |
|
Khat |
20kgs250grs |
|
Kokaina likwida |
780ml |
|
Methadone |
490ml |
|
Amphetamine |
1 tablets |
|
D.H.C |
25 tablets |
|
Valium |
1 tablets |
|
Tarmal |
20 tablets |
2010 – to the end of June
|
Kokaina |
2Kgs523.96grs |
|
Eroina |
4Kgs562.65grs |
|
Cannabis Resin |
29Kgs717.22grs |
|
Cannabis Grass |
73.47grs |
|
Cannabis Seeds |
54grs |
|
Cannabis Plants |
3 plants |
|
Ecstasy |
18,382 tabs |
|
Amphetamine |
0.9grs |
|
Methadone |
1lt750ml |
|
DHC |
9 tabs |
|
Khat |
155Kgs430grs |
|
Ecstasy look-alike |
16,400tabs |
These cases led to a big number of criminal proceedings.
This was evident from the fact that throughout through the period that Mr Justice Lawrence Quintano presided the Court which decided on drug cases there were 3,658 (2003 – 2010) new cases presented, of which 2,895 were decided. This was apart from other cases linked to drug which were pending in front of other magistrates.
The ministry said that while such positive work should be registered, these figures showed that the fight against drugs was ongoing and that the people’s assistance in this fight was an important instrument for people involved in this criminal sector to continue being identified, the ministry said.