Current status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to ensure that the port of Rosyth will not become a gateway for illegal drugs imports following the introduction of the proposed ferry service between Rosyth and Zeebrugge.
Fife Constabulary, in discussion with other enforcement agencies, is taking steps to ensure that, following the introduction of the proposed ferry service, a commensurate level of policing would be in place at the port to counter the assessed threat posed by criminal and other interests.