❓ WA Police track raids on clandestine drug labs, but not specifically hydroponic cannabis cultivation sites due to decentralised warrant execution. Data provided for clandestine labs from 2009-2015.
AnsweredQoN 3104Legislative Council
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(1) Do Western Australia Police keep records of the number of raids on: (a) so-called clandestine drug laboratories; and (b) hydroponic cannabis cultivation sites? (2) If yes to (1), how many of each in (a) and (b) were raided in each year since 2009?
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Answered
11 August 2015
Responded by
Attorney General representing the Minister for Police
Response time
96 days
(1)
(a) Yes.
(b) Yes. However, as search warrants for hydroponic cannabis cultivation sites are executed by multiple business areas in WA Police, there is no central database specifically for 'hydroponic cannabis cultivation sites'.
(2)
(a) Number of Search Warrant executed under the
Misuse of Drugs Act
for clandestine laboratories:
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
(as at 6 May)
124
132
177
141
132
85
26
This does not include search warrants aimed at locating a clandestine laboratory where none were found, or instances where items were located but no process had been undertaken to enable them to be classified as a laboratory.
(b) Refer to (1)(b).
(a) Yes.
(b) Yes. However, as search warrants for hydroponic cannabis cultivation sites are executed by multiple business areas in WA Police, there is no central database specifically for 'hydroponic cannabis cultivation sites'.
(2)
(a) Number of Search Warrant executed under the
Misuse of Drugs Act
for clandestine laboratories:
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
(as at 6 May)
124
132
177
141
132
85
26
This does not include search warrants aimed at locating a clandestine laboratory where none were found, or instances where items were located but no process had been undertaken to enable them to be classified as a laboratory.
(b) Refer to (1)(b).
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