Table 2 The number and quantity⁽¹⁾⁽⁵⁾ of seizures⁽²⁾ of Class A drugs by drug type and year, Scotland

										Number of seizures and quantity seized in kilograms (unless otherwise specified)

Drug type	1994⁽⁶⁾	1995⁽⁶⁾	1996⁽⁶⁾	1997⁽⁶⁾	1998⁽⁶⁾	1999⁽⁶⁾	2000	2001	2002	2003

					Number


Cocaine	80	69	117	191	254	328	385	512	665	764	8
Crack	0	1	2	3	18	34	33	49	79	55	-30
Heroin	489	738	1,206	1,787	2,424	2,531	2678	3,000	2,579	2,408	-12
LSD	269	107	139	100	84	54	31	9	7	7	-14
Ecstasy-type⁽³⁾	374	523	889	527	465	752	1,171	1,297	1,310	1,197	-14
Methadone	37	44	112	111	118	114	108	120	124	130	-2
Other Class A ⁽⁴⁾	109	89	132	131	94	78	83	64	62	69	5

All Class A	1,264	1,493	2,449	2,699	3,113	3,684	4,209	4,709	4,468	4,307	-9

					Quantity

Cocaine	3	1	2	5	27	33	23	32	68	45	-33
Crack	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	-77
Heroin	3	9	35	24	40	206	43	111	97	96	-18
LSD⁽⁵⁾	8	1	15	1	0	1	3	0	0	18	-42
Ecstasy-type⁽³⁾⁽⁵⁾	56	126	99	122	57	93	237	338	503	182	0
Methadone	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	13	10	25	146
Other Class A	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0

(1) Drugs are seized in a variety of forms but where possible, for the purpose of this table, amounts have been converted to weights (kg), except for LSD and ecstasy-type drugs which
are shown in thousands of doses. Seizures of unspecified quantities are not included. There may be differences between tables due to rounding.
(2) As a seizure can involve more than one drug, figures for individual drugs cannot be added together to produce totals.
(3) MDMA prior to 1996.
(4) Includes Opium, Pethidine.
(5) Measured in thousands of doses.
(5) Thousand of doses.
(6) No HM Revenue and Customs data are available for 1994 to 1999.