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Table SZR-5. Number of seizures of cannabis plants, 1995 to 2005

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Belgium		78			147	144	442			296	388	456
Bulgaria	(8)						14	7	40	35	3	12
Czech Republic	(1)								58	117	46	46
Denmark										94	77	87
Germany	(2)			1418	1661	1254	1046	785	887	750	1008	1035
Estonia								6	22	32	27	26
Ireland		26	36	55	36	28	21	20	36	30	27	13
Greece									289	263	372	448
Spain									350	502	709	751
France	(3)			828	1035	853	878	681			1492	1141
Italy											712
Cyprus											17	14
Latvia								0	0	0	0
Lithuania								0	3	2	3	8
Luxembourg			6	1	3	5	6	0	1	8	12	2
Hungary											62	43
Malta	(4)						2	1	0	2	3	2
Austria							72	120	168	204	206	164
Poland	(9)							2
Portugal	(5)		28	34	33	32	50	64	115	77	121	129
Romania											3
Slovenia								426	415		204	209
Slovakia	(6)						2	8	36	51	31	58
Finland							358	612	923	1170	1406	1633
Sweden	(7)	65	59	57	90	68	74	51
United Kingdom		6125	4936	3791	2832	2288	2040	1880	2441	2900	2995
Turkey								2287	2890	3038	2988	3356
Norway								108	126	135	143	124
Total		6294	5065	6184	5837	4672	5005	7058	8800	9706	13055

Notes:

Data were not available for the unlisted EU Member States.

(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 substance; 57794 seizures of all cannabis products were made in 2002, and 67443 in 2003.

(4) There was also 3 seizures of cannabis seeds in 2003; and 2 in 2004.

(5) 2002 and 2003 data include each 1 seizure of cannabis plants reported in kg.

(6) Data are not available before 2000.

(7) Seizures of cannabis plants are included in herbal cannabis seizures.

(8) Data were provided only by the National Service for Combating the organized Crime (NACOC) and refer to seizures made separately or in combination with other units from the Ministry of Interior.

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

Sources:

Reitox national focal points.