Dear Sir or Madam,

Please supply the following information under Freedom of
Information Act 2000:

For each of the last three financial years(05/06)and (06/07) and
(07/08) please state if any drugs seized by your force have then
been either lost or stolen from you or otherwise unaccounted for?
If so please give a date for each incident along with the type of
drug, the quantity and a brief account of how it was
lost/stolen/unaccounted for.

Yours faithfully,

Steve Bird

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30 October 2008

Dear Mr Bird,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

Thank you for your request for information, received at this office on 30 October 2008, in which you requested details of the following:

For each of the last three financial years(05/06)and (06/07) and (07/08) please state if any drugs seized by your force have then been either lost or stolen from you or otherwise unaccounted for?
If so, please give a date for each incident along with the type of drug, the quantity and a brief account of how it was lost/stolen/unaccounted for.

Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party. In some circumstances Suffolk Constabulary may be unable to achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of the information you request. If this is the case you will be informed and the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment from you. If you chose not to make a payment then your request will remain unanswered.

Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.

We anticipate being able to provide you with information that you have requested by 27 November 2008.

Should you need to discuss this further please contact the Freedom of Information Team, on 01473 613919.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in Suffolk Constabulary.

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information Team

Gemma Haddock
FOI Co-ordinator

Elaine Fisk
FOI Assistant

Information Compliance Section
Suffolk Constabulary
01473 613919

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24 November 2008

Dear Mr Bird,

Thank you for your request for information dated 30 October 2008 concerning how many drugs seized by your force have then been either lost or stolen from you or otherwise unaccounted for in the last three financial years (05/06), (06/07) and (07/08).

This is to inform you that all information relating to your request has been collated and my response is attached. This request is now complete and shall be closed immediately.

Should any further information be requested regarding this topic, a separate request will need to be submitted.

Should you need to discuss this further please contact me, on 01473 613919.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in Suffolk Constabulary.

Yours sincerely,

Gemma Haddock
FOI Co-ordinator
Suffolk Constabulary
01473 613919
[email address]

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