UN report shows just 3% of heroin smuggled into Ireland is seized

Rather than the figure of 10% long bandied about, a UN report puts a more accurate figure of close to 3% on the amount of heroin seized by gardaí here, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

For a long time now, the figure of 10% has been bandied about to estimate the amount of drugs that are seized.

It’s a figure stubbornly difficult to stand up or even to ascertain where exactly it came from.