1.   In recent weeks, drugs squad officers have seized quantities of crack cocaine in Gloucester and Stroud.

2.   Over the summer, Western European police seized small quantities of plutonium believed to have come from the former Soviet Union.

3.   Police seized large quantities of weapons and arrested five men.

4.   Abuse of synthetic drugs such as methamphetamines is widespread in Thailand and authorities frequently seize large quantities of the stimulant, which is produced locally and in neighboring Myanmar.

5.   Government forces also claimed they seized large quantities of weapons and arrested scores of militants who were fleeing without a fight.

6.   Government forces also claimed that they seized large quantities of weapons and arrested scores of militants who were fleeing without a fight.

7.   In separate raids, Thai police seized large quantities of marijuana and chemicals used to refine heroin, local papers reported Tuesday.

8.   In recent operations, Albanian police have seized large quantities of weapons and ammunition, including rockets, smuggled through the territory.

9.   It said police seized unspecified quantity of illegal firearms and explosives, and masters for counterfeit dollars.