CANNABIS — POLICE SEIZURES
1301. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I
refer the minister to various recent cannabis arrests, including that of a man
in Camillo, Armadale, in my electorate, in late October of this year.
(1) What is the
total weight and/or number of cannabis plants seized by the Western Australia
Police Force to date in this calendar year?
(2) How does that amount compare to
that seized over each of the last five years?
(3) What street value does WA
Police place on this year's seized material?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON
replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Minister for Police. The Western Australia Police Force advise as
follows.
(1) A total of 7 464 cannabis plants
were seized.
(2) The number of
cannabis plants recorded as seized or found by the WA Police Force between 1 January
and 29 November inclusive for the years between 2017 and 2021 was: 14 136 in
2017; 24 704 in 2018; 17 278 in 2019; 34 460 in 2020; and 9 856 in 2021.
(3) The street
value of seized cannabis plants is unable to be accurately determined.
The figures in
the answers to questions (1) and (2) are provisional and subject to revision.