FOI 26239
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: HRC0026239/26
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 17th August 2026. Please find below the response to your request:
How many arrests were made in your police force area related to the drug known as 'monkey dust' (a synthetic cathinone called MDPV - Methylenedioxypyrovalerone) in the years 2023-25 (broken down per year) and 2026 to date?
How many drug seizures were carried out?
2a) How much in £ was this worth/amount to?
If this is carried out by searching crime records with specific words, you can use the words "monkey dust" or "MDPV" or "Methylenedioxypyrovalerone".
Reply
The number of arrests:
2023 – 22
2024 – 21
2025 - 13
2026 - 8
Please see below:
2026 – 10 exhibits described as ‘Monkey Dust’
2025 – 10 exhibits described as ‘Monkey Dust’
2024 – 18 exhibits described as ‘Monkey Dust’
2023 – 14 exhibits described as ‘Monkey Dust’
No exhibits were described as MDPV or Methylenedioxypyrovalerone between 2023 and 2026.
No information held regarding the value of the above.