2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy

UNCLAS COLOMBO 002314 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR SA/INS, INL JUSTICE FOR OIA, AFMLS, AND NDDS TREASURY FOR FINCEN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SNAR PGOV PREL CE SUBJECT: 2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Sri Lanka, statistics update Refs: (A) Colomobo 2304 - (B) State 240035 - (C) State 240015 ¶1. Please find attached Mission's statistical update for the 2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR). ¶2. Per instructions in Ref C, Mission is providing the following statistics for Section V of the 2002 INSCR. ((NOTE: The statistical information was not yet available from the Sri Lankan government when Ref A was submitted.)) The Police Narcotics Bureau provided the following from its collation of data from all government organizations involved in counternarcotic arrests and seizures. Figures for 2001 and 2002 cover the first eleven months of the year. Because of the relatively small quantities of narcotics involved, units are kilograms and acres, rather than metric tons and hectares. ((NOTE: The National Dangerous Drugs Control Board and the PNB issue slightly different statistics for the same period, Mission does not have the capacity to determine which is more precise.)) ¶3. Keyed to instructions in Ref C BEGIN TEXT: ¶V. Statistical Tables -- Opium 2002 2001 2000 seized 16.77kg 0kg 36.4kg -- Heroin seized 60.13kg 81kg 87.1kg -- Cannabis cultivation unknown unknown unknown eradicated 15acres 6acres 15acres harvested unknown unknown unknown seized 19,885kg 34,700kg 20,800kg -- Arrests 15,976 8,593 12,600 -- Users: The NDDCB estimates 50,000 addicts, the PNB estimates over 100,000, and some NGOs place give estimates of over 200,000. The Sri Lankan government currently does not have a tracking means to identify users or to track those that have been identified because they have gone to a government run rehabilitation clinic. Until there is a standardized means of measuring the number of users in Sri Lanka the estimates on the amount of users will continue to vary drastically. END TEXT. WILLS