According to the Department of Corrections, 301 people in New Hanover County went to prison for drug offenses between August 1, 2004 and July 31, 2004. Of those 301 only 13 or 4% went in for trafficking. When there is such a disparity between those entering prison for possession and those trafficking there is a signal to those digging through statistical information that shows an ineffective campaign against the arrest and conviction of the criminals delivering drugs into the community, the dealers. The high number of users combined with the high levels of property crime shows a definite drug problem in an area. To not have a higher number of convicted traffickers when crime levels signifying high illegal drug use definitely shows a lack of attention to drug dealers.

In New Hanover County this is particularly distressing because the County has a higher number, per capita, of drug agents than anywhere else in the State.

What these statistics show us is that little is being done to catch the bad guys bringing in the large quantity of illegal drugs into our area. Seldom do we see an arrest of the amount of drugs seized as we see in other counties. Recently a woman from Wilmington was arrested in Wake County for a kilo of cocaine that she was delivering.

Statistics do not lie but someone is lying when they say that they are on the job to protect us from the drug epidemic killing our citizens and destroying the security of our communities.

From 08/01/2004 to 07/31/2005
for NEW HANOVER County, for JOHNSTON County, for WAKE County, for BRUNSWICK County, for DURHAM County

CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 288 130 360 50 56
DRUGS TRAFFICK 13 21 80 50 9

 NEW HANOVER COUNTY - OF THOSE SENT TO PRISON FOR DRUGS 4% WERE SENTENCED FOR TRAFFICKING- 13 out of 301

for JOHNSTON County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 130
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 130
DRUGS TRAFFICK 21
DRUGS TRAFFICK SubTotal 21
Total 151

13% trafficking

From 08/01/2004 to 07/31/2005
for WAKE County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 360
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 360
DRUGS TRAFFICK 80
DRUGS TRAFFICK SubTotal 80
Total 440 

18% trafficking

From 08/01/2004 to 07/31/2005
for BRUNSWICK County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 50
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 50
DRUGS TRAFFICK 11
DRUGS TRAFFICK SubTotal 11
Total 61 

18% trafficking

for DURHAM County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 56
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 56
DRUGS TRAFFICK 9
DRUGS TRAFFICK SubTotal 9
Total 65

13% trafficking

From 08/01/2004 to 07/31/2005
for ONSLOW County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 92
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 92
DRUGS TRAFFICK 10
DRUGS TRAFFICK SubTotal 10
Total 102 

10% trafficking

From 08/01/2004 to 07/31/2005
for PITT County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 76
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 76
DRUGS TRAFFICK 8
DRUGS TRAFFICK SubTotal 8
Total 84

10% trafficking

From 08/01/2004 to 07/31/2005
for ROBESON County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 17
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 17
DRUGS TRAFFICK 9
DRUGS TRAFFICK SubTotal 9
Total 26

34% trafficking

From 08/01/2004 to 07/31/2005
for COLUMBUS County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 24
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 24
DRUGS TRAFFICK 6
DRUGS TRAFFICK SubTotal 6
Total 30 

20% trafficking

Report of PROBATION ENTRIES

From 08/01/2004 to 07/31/2005
for COLUMBUS County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 76
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 76
Total 76

From 08/01/2004 to 07/31/2005
for DURHAM County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 550
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 550
Total 550 

From 08/01/2004 to 07/31/2005
for NEW HANOVER County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 680
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 680
DRUGS TRAFFICK 6
DRUGS TRAFFICK SubTotal 6
Total 686 

From 08/01/2004 to 07/31/2005
for ONSLOW County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 226
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 226
DRUGS TRAFFICK 1
DRUGS TRAFFICK SubTotal 1
Total 227

From 08/01/2004 to 07/31/2005
for ROBESON County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 71
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 71
Total 71

From 08/01/2004 to 07/31/2005
for JOHNSTON County
CRIME CLASS COUNT
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK 241
DRUGS- NON TRAFFICK SubTotal 241
DRUGS TRAFFICK 4
DRUGS TRAFFICK SubTotal 4
Total 245