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The report - titled European drug report 2021: trends and developments - states that Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) reported around a fourfold increase in analyses of cocaine seizures between 2018 and 2019.
The FSI s analysis of seizures containing cocaine in the period between 2016 and 2019 shows the content of cocaine in these samples has remained broadly consistent over this time period with a steady increase at street level .
According to the EMCDDA, this is consistent with European data and the observed increase in the supply of cocaine in Europe.
The data also shows that cannabis herb has been the most prominent drug seized in Ireland since 2010.