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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 493
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 11 JULY 2014
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 4-2014)
493. Mrs G Breytenbach (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
(a) What is the total amount of narcotics that was seized by the SA Police
Service (SAPS) in the 2012-13 financial year, (b) what amount of the total
amount of narcotics that was seized subsequently went missing and (c) in
each case, how many SAPS members faced disciplinary action as a result?
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REPLY:
a) The statistics for drug seizure can be accessed in the annual report
of SAPS as listed below:
Quantity of narcotics seized in 2012/13
Cannabis â 196 181,207kg
Mandrax â 108 752 tablets
Cocaine â 145,560kg
Crystal Meth (Tik-Tik) â 347,860kg
Whoonga â 46,223kg
Nyaope â 46,827kg
Quantity of narcotics seized in 2013/14
Statistics not yet released.
b) None of the Narcotics went missing during 2012/13.
c) None.