Published Date:
03 November 2009
MORE than £1.6 million worth of drugs have been taken off the streets of Dungannon and South Tyrone by police in the last year, the Tyrone Times can reveal.
With a local police chief acknowledging that "hard drugs" including heroin and cocaine are becoming increasingly popular and easy to obtain, up-to-date crime figures obtained by this newspaper show that seizures of other illegal substances such as herbal cannabis and ecstasy tablets have risen dramatically.
The statistics - which are contained within a report from the Dungannon and South Tyrone District Policing Partnership (DPP) - also show that the number of sexual offences reported to police in the area has increased by more than 50 per cent.
Officers received a total of 49 such reports in 2008/09, compared with 32 during the previous year.
Meanwhile, the DPP report reveals that roads within the Dungannon and South Tyrone area have claimed the second highest number of lives in the last year than the entire 'F' police district - which also incorporates Cookstown, Omagh and Fermanagh.
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Last Updated:
03 November 2009 10:58 AM
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Source:
Tyrone Times
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Location:
Dungannon
