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Price, Purity, and Seizure Data
Los Angeles County
1991 '
Information provided by David Smith, of the DEA.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department:
Heroin - in 1990 161bs was seized.
- in 1991 22 Ibs were seized
Cocaine - in 1990 1602 Ibs seized
- in 1991 5362 lbs seized
Marijuana - in 1990 17,708 Ibs seized
- in 1991 9216 seized
Drug Enforcement Agency:
2700 Ibs of marijuana seized in 1991
20 lbs of cocaine seized
Cocaine prices:.
kilo = $11,000 (for bulk but of 100 kilos or more) to 17,000
purity is nearly 80% pure and DEA feeis prices may go up in the next year
Heroin prices:
Southeast Asian: $150,000 to $200,000 per kilo
$1,000 to $2,000 an ounce
purity is between 86-92 %
nearly all trading of SE Asian heroin is done between Asian "gangs" or organizations
Southwest Asian: $92,000 to $100,000 per kilo
$40,000 per lb.
purity is between 86-90 %
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