Possession of Cannabis & Intent to Supply

  • Reference Number: 1857
  • Date released: 22 May 2009

Request

How many people did your force charge with (i) possession of cannabis and (ii) possession with intent to supply cannabis and (iii) supplying cannabis in the first three months (Jan-Mar) of 2009.

Please could you provide me with comparable figures for the first three months of both 2008 and 2007.

Response

In accordance with section 1 (1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Charged with cannabis offences in the first three months (Jan-Mar) 2007, 2008 and 2009

  01/01/07 - 31/03/07 01/01/08 - 31/03/08 01/01/09 - 31/03/09
Charged with Possession of Cannabis 19 40 51
Charged with Possession with intent to supply cannabis 4 11 4
Charged with Supplying Cannabis 2 1 3

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