Table S20 Persons(1) found guilty, cautioned, given a fiscal fine or dealt with by compounding for drug offences involving amphetamines by type of offence and year, and sentence or order given in 2003, Scotland
                                      Number of persons
      Break down by type of offence and sentence or order given, 2003
Found guilty  
Imprisonment
Type of offence 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Cautioned Fiscal fine Total Absolute or Community Probation Fine Immediate Fully Other
conditional Service Order Custody (2) suspended
                                discharge Order          
Offences under Drugs Acts:
Unlawful production          2          1          1          4          1          7 -          3 - 1 - - 1 - - - 1 - - -
Unlawful supply        66        69        81       127       197       188       111        53        43 48 - 1 47 - 5 12 1 27 - 2
Possession with intent to supply unlawfully       108       100        53       109       154       109        62        25        19 12 - 1 11 - 1 2 4 4 - -
Unlawful possession       591       526       502       733       928       796       470       214       219 261 3 19 239 2 4 6 196 5 - 26
Permitting premises to be used  -  -          1  -  -          1          1          1          2  - - - - - - - - - - -
  for unlawful purposes
Other Drugs Act offences          1          5          4        16        23        16          9          4  -  - - - - - - - - - - -
All Drugs Act offences       671       640       587       892    1,125       966       576       279       271 318 3 20 295 2 10 20 201 35 - 27
Unlawful import or export(3)  -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other offences - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
All offences 671 640 587 892 1,125 966 576 280 271 318 3 20 295 2 10 20 201 35 - 27
                                             
(1) As the same person may be found guilty of or cautioned for more than one offence, rows cannot be added together to produce totals. A person who is found guilty of more than one different type of offence is counted against each type of offence under th
 for all drugs act offences and all offences.
(2) Unsuspended imprisonment and youth sentences.
(3) A breakdown by type of disposal for import and export offences is not available from Customs data for 2000-2003. This is an estimate based on a ratio distribution of the total number of import and export offenders to the various drug offences.