36/1/4/1/200900096
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 743
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 14 AUGUST 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 9 - 2009)
Date reply submitted : 7 October 2009
Rev K R J Meshoe (ACDP) to ask the Minister of Police:
(1) (a) What quantity of drugs have been stolen from store rooms in
police stations in each of the past five years up to the latest
specified date for which information is available and (b) how many
people were (i) found to be responsible and (ii) arrested in this
regard;
(2) (a) which provinces had the (i) highest and (ii) lowest number of
break-ins into police station store rooms with the intent to steal
drugs and (b) how many (I) arrests and (ii) successful convictions
were obtained in each case?
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REPLY:
(1)(a)
|YEAR |DRUG TYPE |QUANTITY |
|2005 |Cannabis |30 Kg 040 grams |
|2006 |Nil |Nil |
|2007 |Cannabis |1 000 Kg 280 grams|
| |Methaqualone (mandrax) |43.5 tablets |
|2008 |Cannabis |496 Kg 224 grams |
| |Cocaine |123 Kg 267 grams |
|2009 |Cannabis |1 182 Kg 123 grams|
|(1 January 2009 to|Cocaine |824 grams |
|31 August 2009) |Methaqualone (mandrax) |65 008 tablets |
| |Methamphetamine |137 grams |
(b)(i) 23
(ii) 21
(2)(a)(i) Gauteng and Free State provinces with six(6) break-ins each.
(2)(a)(ii) Eastern Cape, Limpopo and North West provinces all with no
break-ins
(2)(b)(i) 21 arrests.
(2)(b)(ii) A total of three (3) successful convictions obtained. The
other cases are still under investigation.
Reply to question 743 approved by Minister