4984 - POLICE DRUG ENFORCEMENT
Key details
- Asking member:
- Cate Faehrmann
- Addressed to portfolio:
- Police and Counter-terrorism
- Minister responsible:
- Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism, and Minister for the Hunter
- Representing minister:
- Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Regional New South Wales, and Minister for Western New South Wales
- Asked on:
- Tue 10 February 2026
- Answer received on:
- Tue 03 March 2026
- Question published in:
- Question and Answers Paper No. 675
- Answer published in:
- Question and Answers Paper No. 690
Question
(1) What was the total number of strip searches undertaken in:
(a) 2024?
(b) 2025?
(2) What was the total number of strip searches where an illicit substance was found in:
(a) 2024?
(b) 2025?
(3) Where an illicit substance was found as a result of a strip search, how many individuals were charged with possession of a prohibited drug under section 10(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 in:
(a) 2024?
(b) 2025?
(4) Of the individuals charged with possession of a prohibited drug under section 10(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 as a result of a strip search, how many were convicted in:
(a) 2024?
(b) 2025?
(5) Where an illicit substance was found as a result of a strip search, how many individuals were charged with supply of a prohibited drug under section 25(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 in:
(a) 2024?
(b) 2025?
(6) Of the individuals charged with supply of a prohibited drug under section 25(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 as a result of a strip search, how many were convicted in:
(a) 2024?
(b) 2025?
(7) What was the total number of strip searches undertaken as a result of a drug dog indication in:
(a) 2024?
(b) 2025?
(8) What was the total number of strip searches as a result of a drug dog indication where an illicit substance was found in:
(a) 2024?
(b) 2025?
(9) Where an illicit substance was found as a result of a strip search from a drug dog indication, how many individuals were charged with possession of a prohibited drug under section 10(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 in:
(a) 2024?
(b) 2025?
(10) Of the individuals charged with possession of a prohibited drug under section 10(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 as a result of a strip search from a drug dog indication, how many were convicted in:
(a) 2024?
(b) 2025?
(11) Where an illicit substance was found as a result of a strip search from a drug dog indication, how many individuals were charged with supply of a prohibited drug under section 25(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 in:
(a) 2024?
(b) 2025?
(12) Of the individuals charged with supply of a prohibited drug under section 25(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 as a result of a strip search from a drug dog indication, how many were convicted in:
(a) 2024?
(b) 2025?
(13) For each music festival in New South Wales for which police with drug detection dogs were in attendance, broken down from 1 January 2023, what was the:
(a) number of police officers in attendance?
(b) number of drug dog handlers in attendance?
(c) cost of User Pays Policing Services?
(d) number of general searches undertaken?
(e) number of strip searches undertaken?
(f) number of people found with an illicit substance?
(g) number of cannabis cautions given?
(h) number of criminal infringement notices given?
(i) number of attendees charged with possession of an illicit substance under section 10(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985?
(j) number of attendees charged with supply of an illicit substance under section 25(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985?
Answer
I am advised:
(1)
(a) 2,195
(b) 1,989
(2)
(a) 891
(b) 720
(3)
(a) 584
(b) 498
(4)
(a) 443
(b) 305
(5)
(a) 219
(b) 177
(6)
(a) 134
(b) 61
(7)
(a) 355
(b) 213
(8)
(a) 217
(b) 132
(9)
(a) 87
(b) 65
(10)
(a) 28
(b) 14
(11)
(a) 26
(b) 19
(12)
(a) 12
(b) 5
(13) The NSW Police Force is unable to provide this information within the limited timeframe to respond to a Question on Notice.