DRUG SEIZURE REPORT ON

ASIA(2010-2014)

Metadata of the Individual Drug Seizures Report

(Dataset last updated on: 20 January 2016

A list of all the columns in report (with explanation):

Region
belongs
Subregion
Europe, etc)

Region (Asia) to which country

Subregion (Central Asia, Eastern

to which country belongs

Country:
was made.

Name of country where the seizure

City:
seizure

Specific name of the place where the

was made. For example:

city, town, village,

port, check point, border
crossing, etc.
Seizure Date:
day, month

Exact date of the seizure, including

and year

Drug Name:
:
(Examples: Heroin,

Exact type of seized drug

Cocaine, Cannabis herb,

Cannabis resin,
Amphetamine,
Methamphetamine, Ecstasytype (MDMA, MDA), etc.)
Amount

Exact quantity seized

Drug Unit
Kilogram,

Unit of measurement (Examples:

Number of tablets/units,

etc.)
Regional Kilogram Equivalent:
This quantity is conversation of bulk weight of drugs in different
units of measurements into kilogram equivalents with no

adjustment
to
purity.
Seizures
of
amphetamine,
methamphetamine and non-specified ATS reported in tablets or
similar units are converted using assumed bulk tablet weights
between 90mg and 300mg, depending on the region and
specific drug type and based on information currently available
to UNODC. The conversion factors are listed in the methodology
section of the World Drug Report. Seizures reported by volume
are converted assuming 1 litre has a mass of 1 kg.
Hiding Place:

Place where the drug was hidden

Examples: Baggage, On

body, Inside
Clothes, Swallowed, etc.)
Installation
seized
Post office, Railway

Area/place where the drug was

(Examples of installation:
Station, Airport, etc.)

Transportation

Method of transportation
(Examples: Commercial air,

Private road, Rail,

etc.)
Producing country
produced or

Country where the drug was

Manufactured

Departure country
country where

Departure country refers to the

the drugs last exchanged

hands or were
otherwise acquired.
Destination Country :
(destination

Intended destination of the drug

of the traffickers journey)

NOTE:

1. Some of the data were not available.

2. It is recommended to view this in MS-Excel 2016.
3. Data source: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND
CRIME".

Introduction
Drug abuse is unwarranted, patterned consumption of any
natural or synthetic substance or drug in an unapproved
quantity for performance enhancement and psychological
effect for non-therapeutic, non-medical use by an individual
with methods neither approved nor supervised by medical
professionals.

When drug abuse becomes a necessity for maintaining

psychological and emotional equilibrium it is called Drug
Addiction. Drugs corrode the basic structure of a whole society,
by affecting a cultured human society in all aspects including
destabilizing families, reducing human productivity, corrupting
trustworthy governments and honest police, and demoralizing
law
respecting
citizens.
Globally, over 200 million people consume some form of illicit
drugs. The trafficking of illicit drugs and hallucinogens is the

largest illegal business in the world accounting for about 8% of

international trade, amounting to about $400 billion annually.
In this project I am basically going to discuss the drug
trafficking in Asian countries during 2010-2014. The major
parameter of drug trafficking will be discussed here are (i)
Name of country where the seizure was made.(ii) Specific name
of the place where the seizure was made. For example: city,
town, village, port, check point, border crossing, etc.(iii) Exact
type of seized drug (Examples: Heroin, Cocaine, Cannabis
herb, Cannabis resin,
Amphetamine, Methamphetamine,
Ecstasy- type etc.(iv) Exact quantity seized in kg. (v)
Hiding
Place, where the drug was hidden (vi) Area/place where the
drug was seized
and (Vii) Method of transportation etc.

DRUGS SEIZURE CASES:

Table-1
DRUGS SEIZURE CASES
DRUGS
YEA Canna Cocai Hero Morphi Opiu Othe TOT
R
bis
ne
in
ne
m
rs
AL
201 1378
22
104
7
371 401 322
0
6
5
201
767
11
759
8
254 216 201
1
5
201
431
5
545
12
269
32
129
2
4
201
370
16
615
25
303 809 213
3
8
201
387
5
425
1
191 494 150
4
3
TOT 3333
59
339
53
138 195 101
AL
0
8
2
75
Graph-1

DRUGS SEIZURE CASES

NO. OF CASES

1500
1000
500
0
YEAR

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

YEAR
Cannabis

Cocaine

Heroin

Morphine

Opium

Others

It may be seen from the above table and graph-1 that during
the year 2010-2014 the drugs like Cannabis, Heroin and Opium
were seized more in cases over the years. During the year
2010 Cannabis, Heroin and Opium cases were sized 1378,
1046 and 371 cases respectively. However over the years
highest total 3390 cases of Heroin drugs followed by 3333
cases of Cannabis drugs were seized.

Table-2
QUANTITY OF DRUGS SEIZED (Units
in Kilogram)
DRUGS
YE
AR
20
10
20
11
20
12
20
13
20
14
Tot
al

Canna
bis
12128
6
14650
1.5
72648
.18
11386
4.8
51317
.02
50561
7.5

Cocai
ne
543.4
574
9.228
77
17.01
7
14.28
3
4.56
588.5
462

Heroin Morphi
ne
3696. 4387
114
4513. 3150.1
199
54
9263. 15693.
894
65
7471. 4620.6
889
6
1496. 812
158
26441 28663.
.25
46

Opium Other
s
52983 3756.
.86
975
23886 7475.
.73
885
50600 5835.
.42
519
60019 22239
.52
8.2
34085 11028
.01
9.9
22157 34975
5.5
6.5

Total
18665
3.4
18553
6.7
15405
8.7
40838
9.4
19800
4.6
11326
43

Graph-2
QUANTITY OF DRUGS SEIZED
400000

KILOGRAMS

200000
0
2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

DRUGS
Cannabis

Cocaine

Heroin

Morphine

Opium

Others

From the table and graph-2, one can observed that during the
year 2013 maximum quantity of drugs seized was around
408389 kg. Besides others drug, maximum quantity of drugs
called Cannabis seized over the years was approximately
505618kg followed by Opium 221576 kg.
Table-3
METHODE OF TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION
YEAR
Air
Roa Se Rai Other
d
a
l
s
2010
645 517 22 28 210
2011
375 688 19 53 78
2012
471 388 7
10 6
2013
290 688 11 1
2014
177 131 4
2
Averag 391. 482. 12. 18.
e
6
4
6
8
Graph-3

METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION

1% 2%

Air
Road

43%

Sea
Rail

53%

Trafficking of drugs were generally transported in many ways

like Air, Road, sea and others. From the above , it is observed
that 53% and 43% of drugs seized were transported by road
and air respectively. On an average per year 392 and 482
cases of drugs were seized, while transported by air and road..
Table-4
DRUG
SEIZURE
COUNTRY WISE
COUNTRY
Count of
COUNTRY
Pakistan
4488
Myanmar
1821
Uzbekistan
619
Kyrgyzstan
572
Tajikistan
512
Turkmenistan 388
Thailand
300
Kazakhstan
299
Syrian Arab 254
Republic
Iran, Islamic 252
Republic of
Nepal
236
Sri Lanka
135

India
Korea,
Republic of
Armenia
Cambodia
United Arab
Emirates
China
Lebanon
Japan
Malaysia
Georgia
Afghanistan

81
42
40
38
18
14
10
4
4
2
1

Graph-4
DRUGS SEIZURE COUNTRY WISE

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

4500

5000

As per the UNODC data, it is analysed and observed that

highest 4488 cases drugs were seized in Pakistan followed by
1821 cases Myanmar, 619 cases Uzbekistan and lowest was 18
cases in China. However, there were 81 cases of drugs seized
in India too during the period of reference i.e 2010-2014..
Table-5
HIDING
PLACE

Coun
t of
HIDI
NG
PLAC
E
Baggage 2828
Other
929
Residenc 515
e

Car Parts
Postal
Swallowe
d
Body
Carry
Outerwe
ar
Inserted
Handbag
Transpor
t Vehicle
Freight
Applianc
es
Food
Underwe
ar
Plastic
bags
Beverag
es
Electrical
Parts
Sack
Cosmetic
s
Furniture
Toilet
Gifts

508
407
404
233
174
163
73
62
42
27
17
13
12
7
6
5
5
4
4
4
3

Graph-5

Count of HIDING PLACE

3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0

From the above table and graph-5, one can see that the drugs
trafficker were very clever and used various means for hiding
the drugs trafficking mainly
through Baggage, Car parts,
postal, Swallowed , Body, Transport Vehicle handbags etc.
During the reference period 2828 cases were caught while
trafficking hiding in their baggage.
Table-6
INSTALLATI
ON

Count of
INSTALLA
TION
Open Air
1726
Airport
1116
Vehicle
971
Car
440
Post Office
413
Home/Reside 175
nce
Street
152

Truck / Lorry
Frontier
Train
Seaport
Bus
Hotel
Beach
Other
Property
Building
Residence
Village
Underground
Warehouse
Garage
Church/Place
Of Worship
Railway
Station
Flat/Apartme
nt
Boat
Plane
Hospital
Bus station
Checkpoint
Factory
Restaurant /
Cafe
Store
Commercial
garage
Car Park
International
Waters
Maritime
Zone
Mining Site
Square
Territorial
Waters

115
109
78
50
43
30
29
21
21
19
19
19
13
13
12
11
11
8
5
5
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1

Underwater
1
Site
From the above table & graph -5, one can observed that there
are many places where drugs were seized. It may be any place
such as Open Air, Airport, Vehicle, Car, House, and Post office,
Train, Hotels and Beach etc. Here one can find that maximum
1726 cases, where drugs were seized in open air followed by
Airport 1116 cases.
Graph-6

Count of INSTALLATION
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0

Table-7
PRODUCING
COUNTRY

Afghanistan

Count
of
PRODUC
ING
COUNTR
Y
4729

Unknown
Pakistan
Kyrgyzstan
Lao
Peoples
Democratic Republic
Thailand
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Iran, Islamic Republic
of
Nepal
Malaysia
India
Kazakhstan
Syrian Arab Republic
Myanmar
Hong Kong
Lebanon
Nigeria
Uzbekistan
Ethiopia
Iraq
Philippines
Armenia
Cambodia
Kenya
Germany
Ghana
Russian Federation
Venezuela, Bolivarian
Republic of
Argentina
Canada
Colombia
Korea, Republic of
Mali
Mozambique
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United States
Bangladesh

2173
230
118
87
78
76
73
62
41
28
22
20
15
14
12
11
11
9
8
7
6
5
5
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1

Benin
Brazil
Cameroon
China
Guinea-Bissau
Korea,
Democratic
Peoples Republic of
Latvia
Mexico
South Africa
Spain
Suriname
Taiwan, Province of
China
Viet Nam

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Graph-7

Count of PRODUCING COUNTRY

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

From the above table & graph-7, it may be seen that there are
many drug producing Country in Asia, who produced drugs as
per the seized cases. There are 4729 cases, the drugs seized
were produced/manufactured in Afghanistan followed by
Pakistan 230 cases. Further details are in above table.

Table-8
DEPARTURE
COUNTRY

Count
of
DEPART
URE
COUNT
RY
Pakistan
4055
Unknown
3165
Sri Lanka
79
Nepal
43
Kyrgyzstan
35
Hong Kong
20
Kazakhstan
20
Iran,
Islamic 19
Republic of
Tajikistan
17
Armenia
9
Afghanistan
8
Russian
6
Federation
Uzbekistan
6
Colombia
4
United States
4
Canada
3
Korea, Republic of 3
Lebanon
3
Lithuania
3
Malaysia
3
Argentina
2
Ghana
2
India
2
Mali
2
Venezuela,
2
Bolivarian
Republic of
Gibraltar
1
Ireland
1
Libyan
Arab 1

Jamahiriya
Myanmar
Nigeria
Philippines
South Africa
Suriname
Taiwan, Province
of China
Thailand
United Kingdom

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Graph-8

Count of DEPARTURE COUNTRY

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

4500

Table -8 indicates that the place where the drug/trafficker is

finally exchanged hands or were otherwise acquired the drugs.
During the period 2010-2014, most of the cases the departure
place of the drugs or the trafficker is 4055 cases is Pakistan
followed by Srilanka 79 cases and in 2 cases for India.
Table-9
DESTINATION
COUNTRY

Unknown
Pakistan
United Kingdom
Thailand
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Russian Federation

Count of
DESTINAT
ION
COUNTRY
3216
601
297
277
193
142
131

Sri Lanka
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan
Oman
Nepal
Malaysia
India
Canada
Netherlands
China
Syrian Arab Republic
Spain
Italy
Uzbekistan
Bangladesh
Tajikistan
Korea, Republic of
South Africa
United States
Australia
Nigeria
Greece
Bahrain
Belgium
Jordan
Qatar
Hong Kong
Kenya
Cte d'Ivoire
Lebanon
St. Lucia
Mozambique
Sudan
Germany
Japan
Austria
Benin
Ghana
Guernsey
Kuwait

99
96
82
78
75
66
54
47
46
46
41
39
38
36
36
30
30
27
26
26
25
23
19
17
15
15
13
11
11
10
9
9
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
5
5

Maldives
Tanzania,
United
Republic of
Uganda
Armenia
France
Iran, Islamic Republic
of
Zambia
Cyprus
Indonesia
Singapore
Viet Nam
Afghanistan
Egypt
Ethiopia
Haiti
Mali
Philippines
Sweden
Switzerland
Togo
Turkey
Cambodia
Cameroon
Christmas Island
Congo, the Democratic
Republic of the
Faroe Islands
Guam
Hungary
Isle of Man
Israel
Korea,
Democratic
People's Republic of
Lesotho
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Mauritius
Runion
Samoa
Taiwan, Province of

5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

China
Ukraine
Yemen
Zimbabwe

1
1
1

Count of DESTINATION COUNTRY

Count of DESTINATION COUNTRY

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

Table -9 indicates that the place where the drug/trafficker is

finally heading i.e. his/her destination. During the period 20102014, most of the cases the destination of the drugs or the
trafficker is 601 cases is Pakistan followed by United Kingdom
297 cases, Thailand 277 cases and in 47 cases for India.

Conclusion:
Drug trafficking is a major global issue because the
cultivation,
manufacturing,
and
distribution
of
illicit drugs debilitates people, cripples economies, and
provides funding for wars or terrorism. Drug trafficking is
getting more serious everyday that if we do not make an
attempt to stop or slow it down, deadly consequences will
occur. The present project is nothing but simple indicate the
types of drugs, producing countries, destination of the
trafficked drugs, method and means of transportation. It is our
duty reduce the production, distribution and consumption of
drugs , so that a peaceful society can be dreamed for all.