❓ A WA parliamentary question asks about the largest cannabis plant seized and the estimated saleable quantity. The Minister states the police don't readily hold this data and it would be resource-intensive to obtain.
AnsweredQoN 856Legislative Council
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CANNABIS PLANTS, SALE
(1) What is the height and weight of the largest recorded cannabis plant seized by the police? (2) Do the police estimate the quantity of saleable cannabis from seized cannabis plants? (3) If yes to (2), what is the largest recorded estimated quantity of saleable cannabis from cannabis plants seized by the police? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS
(1) What is the height and weight of the largest recorded cannabis plant seized by the police? (2) Do the police estimate the quantity of saleable cannabis from seized cannabis plants? (3) If yes to (2), what is the largest recorded estimated quantity of saleable cannabis from cannabis plants seized by the police? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS
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I do not know what is the most enjoyable part of question time - listening to Hon Peter Foss’s questions or answering them. I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1), (3) The information requested is not held by the Western Australia Police Service in a form that enables the question to be readily answered. To extract the data would require physical checking and assessment of each offence record, a task that would consume large amounts of policing resources and take possibly weeks to perform. (2) Generally, the Police Service does not make such estimates except for certain specific cultivations.
(2) Do the police estimate the quantity of saleable cannabis from seized cannabis plants? (3) If yes to (2), what is the largest recorded estimated quantity of saleable cannabis from cannabis plants seized by the police? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I do not know what is the most enjoyable part of question time - listening to Hon Peter Foss’s questions or answering them. I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1), (3) The information requested is not held by the Western Australia Police Service in a form that enables the question to be readily answered. To extract the data would require physical checking and assessment of each offence record, a task that would consume large amounts of policing resources and take possibly weeks to perform. (2) Generally, the Police Service does not make such estimates except for certain specific cultivations.
(3) If yes to (2), what is the largest recorded estimated quantity of saleable cannabis from cannabis plants seized by the police? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I do not know what is the most enjoyable part of question time - listening to Hon Peter Foss’s questions or answering them. I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1), (3) The information requested is not held by the Western Australia Police Service in a form that enables the question to be readily answered. To extract the data would require physical checking and assessment of each offence record, a task that would consume large amounts of policing resources and take possibly weeks to perform. (2) Generally, the Police Service does not make such estimates except for certain specific cultivations.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I do not know what is the most enjoyable part of question time - listening to Hon Peter Foss’s questions or answering them. I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1), (3) The information requested is not held by the Western Australia Police Service in a form that enables the question to be readily answered. To extract the data would require physical checking and assessment of each offence record, a task that would consume large amounts of policing resources and take possibly weeks to perform. (2) Generally, the Police Service does not make such estimates except for certain specific cultivations.
I do not know what is the most enjoyable part of question time - listening to Hon Peter Foss’s questions or answering them. I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1), (3) The information requested is not held by the Western Australia Police Service in a form that enables the question to be readily answered. To extract the data would require physical checking and assessment of each offence record, a task that would consume large amounts of policing resources and take possibly weeks to perform. (2) Generally, the Police Service does not make such estimates except for certain specific cultivations.
(1), (3) The information requested is not held by the Western Australia Police Service in a form that enables the question to be readily answered. To extract the data would require physical checking and assessment of each offence record, a task that would consume large amounts of policing resources and take possibly weeks to perform. (2) Generally, the Police Service does not make such estimates except for certain specific cultivations.
(2) Generally, the Police Service does not make such estimates except for certain specific cultivations.
(2) Do the police estimate the quantity of saleable cannabis from seized cannabis plants? (3) If yes to (2), what is the largest recorded estimated quantity of saleable cannabis from cannabis plants seized by the police? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I do not know what is the most enjoyable part of question time - listening to Hon Peter Foss’s questions or answering them. I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1), (3) The information requested is not held by the Western Australia Police Service in a form that enables the question to be readily answered. To extract the data would require physical checking and assessment of each offence record, a task that would consume large amounts of policing resources and take possibly weeks to perform. (2) Generally, the Police Service does not make such estimates except for certain specific cultivations.
(3) If yes to (2), what is the largest recorded estimated quantity of saleable cannabis from cannabis plants seized by the police? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I do not know what is the most enjoyable part of question time - listening to Hon Peter Foss’s questions or answering them. I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1), (3) The information requested is not held by the Western Australia Police Service in a form that enables the question to be readily answered. To extract the data would require physical checking and assessment of each offence record, a task that would consume large amounts of policing resources and take possibly weeks to perform. (2) Generally, the Police Service does not make such estimates except for certain specific cultivations.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I do not know what is the most enjoyable part of question time - listening to Hon Peter Foss’s questions or answering them. I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1), (3) The information requested is not held by the Western Australia Police Service in a form that enables the question to be readily answered. To extract the data would require physical checking and assessment of each offence record, a task that would consume large amounts of policing resources and take possibly weeks to perform. (2) Generally, the Police Service does not make such estimates except for certain specific cultivations.
I do not know what is the most enjoyable part of question time - listening to Hon Peter Foss’s questions or answering them. I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1), (3) The information requested is not held by the Western Australia Police Service in a form that enables the question to be readily answered. To extract the data would require physical checking and assessment of each offence record, a task that would consume large amounts of policing resources and take possibly weeks to perform. (2) Generally, the Police Service does not make such estimates except for certain specific cultivations.
(1), (3) The information requested is not held by the Western Australia Police Service in a form that enables the question to be readily answered. To extract the data would require physical checking and assessment of each offence record, a task that would consume large amounts of policing resources and take possibly weeks to perform. (2) Generally, the Police Service does not make such estimates except for certain specific cultivations.
(2) Generally, the Police Service does not make such estimates except for certain specific cultivations.
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