The number of drug seizures made by police in England and Wales rose by 21 per cent during the coronavirus pandemic, figures show.
Police and Border Force made a total of 223,106 drug seizures in the year to March 2021 compared with 183,646 the previous year, according to Home Office data.
A report, published on Thursday, described it as the third consecutive annual increase in seizures, "reversing a downward trend" over the decade.
