Drug seizures on the rise
Controlled drug seizures in South Yorkshire went up by almost a fifth this year, Home Office figures reveal.
While the national figure went down by seven per cent, there were 6,555 regional incidents compared with 5,514 in 2008/09.
A Home Office spokesman said: “While there are some encouraging signs, particularly police seizures and their targeting of cannabis cultivation, these statistics still show more needs to be done to tackle drugs.
“The drugs market is complex and a range of factors including work to disrupt supply routes, changing patterns of drug use and lower purity all impact on these statistics.”