FOI 141111
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 141111
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 20th December 2021. Please find below the response to your request:
Please provide the following information, per calendar year, for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Q1• How many drug supply arrests of juveniles aged 16 or under have been recorded that are deemed to be "County Lines" offences? Could these figures be broken down by year, please?
Q2• If your Force does not distinguish drug supply offences as "County Lines" or not then please supply the information in question 1 as generic drug supply with an offender aged 16 or under.
Q3• How many County lines arrests of juveniles under the age of 16 have been recorded for class A/B/C drugs? If possible, please supply numbers for heroin, cocaine, other (class A); Cannabis, Ketamine, Amphetamine (class B); Steroids, other (class C). Could these figures also be broken down by year, please?
Q4• If your Force does not distinguish drug supply offences as "County Lines" or not then how many drug supply arrests of juveniles under the age of 16 have been recorded for class A/B/C drugs? If possible, please supply numbers for heroin, cocaine, other (class A); Cannabis, Ketamine, Amphetamine (class B); Steroids, other (class C). Could these figures be broken down by year, please?
Reply:-
Q1 & Q3 – No information held. There is no specific marker/flag in West Mercia Police systems to identify “County Lines” offences.
Q2 & Q4 - Therefore, the figures below are based on the Custody reasons for arrest Possession of Controlled Drug with Intent to supply or Possession of Controlled Drug & Custody reasons for arrest Drugs - Possession With Intent to supply - Class A, Drugs - Possession With Intent to supply - other than Class A, Drugs - Supplying controlled drug, Drugs - Possess Class A or Drugs - Possess Class B or C.
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Suspects aged 16 or under arrested for drug supply offence |
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2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
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Possession of Controlled Drug with Intent to supply |
19 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Drugs - Possession With Intent to supply - Class A |
0 |
1 |
12 |
22 |
23 |
13 |
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Drugs - Possession With Intent to supply - other than Class A |
0 |
1 |
9 |
10 |
14 |
17 |
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Drugs - Supplying controlled drug |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
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Suspects aged under 16 arrested for possession of drug offence |
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2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
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Possession of Controlled Drug |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Drugs - Possess Class A |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Drugs - Possess Class B or C |
0 |
2 |
10 |
12 |
11 |
5 |
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Possession of Drugs Offences - Type of drug |
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2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
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Class A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Class A & Cannabis |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Class B |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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Cannabis |
4 |
6 |
7 |
12 |
9 |
5 |
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Cannabis/Mamba |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Cocaine |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Ecstasy |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Not stated |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |