Confiscations by customs and immigration service at Jersey airport and the harbour 2014 (FOI)Confiscations by customs and immigration service at Jersey airport and the harbour 2014 (FOI)
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10 April 2015.Prepared internally, no external costs.
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Under freedom information law please can you provide me an answer to the following question as soon as possible:
A list of items that have been confiscated by the customs and immigration service at Jersey Airport and the Harbour in 2014.
Response
Drugs
Commodity | No of seizures | Airport | Harbour | Post office / freight | House search | Other |
| Amphetamine | 2 | | | 1 | | 1 |
| Steroids | 33 | 1 | | 30 | 2 | |
| Subutex | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | | |
Cannabis - Herbal | 34 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 1 |
| Cannabis - Resin | 18 | | | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| Class C - other | 15 | 3 | | 12 | | |
| Diazepam | 7 | | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Ecstasy | 21 | | 1 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| Ethylphenidate | 10 | | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| Mephedrone | 4 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Temazepam | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | |
| Cocaine | 5 | | | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Heroin | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Other Cathinones | 62 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 5 | |
| Other | 10 | | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Totals | 244 | 13 | 21 | 171 | 29 | 10 |
NB: Drug statistics include seizures made during house searches which were a consequence of arrests at the Ports or postal investigations. The ‘Other’ column represents seizures made in other jurisdictions as a result of intelligence led target operations or at the small ports.
Prohibited and restricted goods
Item | No of seizures | Airport | Harbour | Post Office / Freight |
| Milk | 21 | | | 21 |
| Flick knives | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| CS spray | 1 | | 1 | |
| Pepper spray | 1 | | 1 | |
| Drug paraphernalia | 2 | | 2 | |
| Obscene DVDs | 2 | | 2 | |
| Knuckledusters | 2 | 2 | | |
Endangered species | 1 | 1 | | |
| Fireworks | 1 | | 1 | |
| Counterfeit goods | 5 | | 1 | 4 |
| Air rifle | 1 | | 1 | |
| Totals | 39 | 4 | 10 | 25 |
Revenue goods
Item | No of seizures | Airport | Harbour | Post Office / Freight |
| Cigarettes | 1016 | 632 | 358 | 26 |
Hand rolling tobacco | 310 | 162 | 125 | 23 |
| Alcohol | 242 | 119 | 92 | 31 |
| Totals | 1568 | 913 | 575 | 80 |
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