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Table SZR-6. Quantities (number of plants) of cannabis plants seized, 1995 to 2005

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Belgium		2784			6280	2912	13459			27339	67814	83113
Bulgaria	(14)						3448	550	19395	21318	4	4700
Czech Republic	(1)								3173	3125	1617	1780
Denmark										951	753	549
Germany	(2)			67065	81097	168833	25277	68898	29352	35863	68133	93936
Estonia								121	718	588	292	698
Ireland		1148	542	753	690	352	98	365	770	244	199	119
Greece		31	15234	11010	9967	46198	49985	18821	16343	21060	39820	34967
Spain	(3)
France	(4)			38115	34266	23287	24295	41076
Italy		426918	514023	379851	190240	571775	1309398	3220638	297693	191813	311124	140958
Cyprus		847	260	823	276	190	493	274	248	1329	97	344
Latvia								0	0	0	0
Lithuania	(5)
Luxembourg	(6)		14	5	222	113	133	0	2	34	160	2
Hungary	(7)										2998	811
Malta	(8)						22	11	0	125	293	3
Netherlands	(17)	549337	1272526	553135	353178	582588	661851	884609	900381	1111855	ca 1000000	1700000
Austria	(9)						7991
Poland	(18)							1005	32388	86163	15503	33488
Portugal	(10)	245	1646	2154	17316	1184	2277	3807	3135	2663	2246	3732
Romania	(15)							16301	14895		165	147
Slovenia								1925	9425		5329	3214
Slovakia	(11)
Finland	(12)							4875	6385	8801	7840	9460
Sweden	(13)
United Kingdom		94202	116301	115057	123043	55810	47947	71593	57270	83966	95103
Turkey								20816931	25989977	30725275	20362576	21732380
Norway	(16)
Total		1075512	1920546	1167968	816575	1453242	2146674	25151800	27381550	32322512	21982066

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. 5000 kg of cannabis plants were seized in 1997.

(3) 14001 kg of cannabis plants were seized in 1996; 1734 kg in 1997; 3072 kg in 1998; 2319 kg in 1999; 18156 kg in 2000; 3907 kg in 2001; 5882 kg in 2002; 7242 kg in 2003; 8858.352 kg in 2004; 11227.81 kg in 2005.

(4) In 2002 and 2003, seizures of cannabis product cannot be broken down by product; 57115 kg were seized in 2002 and 82515 in 2003. 81 kg of cannabis plants were seized in 2004; and 54 kg in 2005.

(5) 68.4 kg of cannabis plants were seized in 2002; 600 kg in 2003; 415 kg in 2004; and 961 kg in 2005.

(6) 65 gram of cannabis plants were seized in 1996.

(7) In 2000-2003, data were reported in kg and included seizures of both herbal cannabis and cannabis plants (data are reported in Table SZR-04).

(8) 43 cannabis seeds were also seized in 2003; and 2281 in 2004.

(9) 36 kg of cannabis plants were seized in 2001; 158 kg in 2002; 127 kg in 2003; 180.6 kg in 2004 and 165.5 kg in 2005.

(10) There was also 1.75 kg of cannabis plants seized in 2002; and 0.55 kg in 2003.

(11) 64 kg of cannabis plants were seized in 2000; 86 kg in 2001; 574 kg in 2002; 528 kg in 2003; 1475 kg in 2004; and 1137 kg in 2005.

(12) 5321 kg of cannabis plants were seized in 2000; 16 kg in 2001; 15.5 kg in 2002; 20.4 kg in 2003; 41.7 kg in 2004; and 43,3 kg in 2005.

(13) 7 kg of cannabis plants were seized in 1995; 4 kg in 1996; 2 kg in 1997; 7 kg in 1998; 41 kg in 1999; 3 kg in 2000; 2.7 kg in 2001. Seizures of cannabis plants are included in herbal cannabis seizures.

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

(15) The figure regarding cannabis plants (2004) is referring to 3 illicit cultivations which have been harvested and destroyed.

(16) 17 kg of cannabis plants were seized in 2001; 16 kg in 2002; 22 kg in 2003; 131 kg in 2004; and 44 kg in 2005.

(17) 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.

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

Sources:

Reitox national focal points.