Figures released to the Evening Times under Freedom of Information legislation show that possession of drugs is the most common offence, accounting for 8108 reports to the fiscal.

There were 798 recorded crimes relating to the supply of drugs and 211 connected to their production, manufacture and cultivation.

However, not one crime concerning the illegal importation of drugs was recorded by police.

Reported by the Glasgow Evening Times. You can read the full story here.

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.