Ketamine: Drug Seizures

(asked on 1st July 2026) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quantity of ketamine has been seized at the UK border in each of the last ten years.


Answered by
Mike Tapp Portrait
Mike Tapp
This question was answered on 9th July 2026

The Government is committed to tackling drug harms through prevention, treatment and enforcement. We are working closely with police, health services and international partners to disrupt supply chains and protect communities.

Data is available via drug seizures transparency data - GOV.UK.

Ketamine seizure quantity (Kgs) (by Border Force) breakdown extracted from gov.uk statistics.

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/2023

2023/24

2024/25

299

198

114

133

37

154

1664

934

769

1092

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