FOI 503/25

REQUEST

1. How many arrests have your police force made for the offences of supplying controlled drugs or possession with intent to supply controlled drugs in the last year (2024 calendar year) for young persons aged sixteen or under?
2. Please provide if possible the figures for each age group i.e. ten, eleven, twelve etc and also broken down by gender for each of the two offences, breaking the alleged offences down by Class A and Class B drugs.
3. For those children who were arrested AND were aged 13 or under please provide specific details on the charge they were arrested on and the exact type and class of drug they were alleged to have been involved with as well as their age.

RESPONSE

Questions 1 – 3

A search has been conducted for all arrests for ‘supply’ or ‘possession with intent to supply (PWITS)’ between 1^st January 2024 and 31^st December 2024 where the ‘Age at arrest date’ is recorded as 16 or under.

Please see the below table that provides the results retrieved broken down by the arrest reason and the age at arrest date:

All individuals were male.

Both of those aged 13 were arrested for the offence ‘Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class B – cannabis’.