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Table SZR-2. Quantities (kg) of cannabis resin seized, 1995 to 2005

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Belgium		32582	49899	8980	818	3132	176		6635	5655	39921	6394
Bulgaria	(8)				0.7	0	514	423	83	385	0.4	0.01
Czech Republic	(1)								11	65	23	5
Denmark								1763	2635	3829	1758	1406
Germany	(2)			7328	6110	4885	8525	6863	5003	8303	5473	3638
Estonia								0.2	1	59	84	49
Ireland			1933	1248	2157	2511	380	567	3333	5350	3227	6260
Greece		230	833	6417	31	56	57	271	201	90	25	10209
Spain			247745	315328	428236	431165	474504	514181	564809	777546	794437	669704
France	(3)	39203	35576	51664	52176	64097	48711	58196			103705	83471
Italy					15406	46831	20942	17605	28755	25181	15932	23199
Cyprus		33	30	15	1	7	10	1	1	1	53	5
Latvia								0.2	0.4	50	0.2	2
Lithuania								0.3	0.6	263	2	68
Luxembourg			14	0.9	2	1	1	4	0.7	5	0.4	5
Hungary							19	0.9	3	2	3	13
Malta							4	4	10	34	33	20
Netherlands	(4)						29590	10972	32717		ca 16000	5500
Austria						109	244	138	135	239	427	151
Poland	(9)							13	118	47	41	19
Portugal	(5)	7333	5324	9621	5575	10636	30467	6473	7022	31556	28994	28258
Romania										39	44	15
Slovenia	(6)							0.4	0.1		8	1
Slovakia	(7)	12	0.4			0.5	2	0.6	2	0.1	0.96	0.3
Finland						492	197	567	484	423	467	431
Sweden		495	216	626	391	1117	1182	700	820	883	820	1266
United Kingdom		44607	66934	118854	88522	53045	48366	58999	44160	71486	64906
Turkey								268	1212	816	1811	2381
Norway								828	1097	2222	2093	1352
Total		124495	408504	520082	599426	618085	663891	678839	699249	934529	1080289

Notes:

ca = circa.

(1) Accurate data are not available before 2002 due to double counting of seizures by police and customs reports.

(2) In 1995: the number of seizures based on offences; since 1996: the numbers of seizures based on police register.

(3) In 2002 and 2003, seizures of cannabis products cannot be broken down by product; 57115 kg of cannabis were seized in 2002 and 82515 kg in 2003.

(4) Both 2004 and 2005 data are based on seizures made only by some police forces: they are not comparable between them, nor with previous years.

(5) The value for 1995 includes cannabis seeds.

(6) In 2003, seizures of cannabis resin and herbal cannabis cannot be broken down by product; 220.16 kg of herb and resin were seized in 2003.

(7) In 1997 and 1998 less than 0.1 kg were seized.

(8) Data refer to seizures made by the Customs and the National Service for Combating Organized Crime (NACOC), separately or in combination with other units within the Ministry of Interior.

(9) Up until 2003 the amount of large seizures only is reported; from 2004 all seizures are reported.

Sources:

Reitox national focal points.