Table SZR-1. Number of cannabis resin seizures, 1995 to 2006

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Belgium		7570			4573	3350	5475	15908	461	4116	6378	4492	1659
Bulgaria	(8)				1	0	8	12	10	10	8	4	9
Czech Republic	(1)								93	98	163	123	42
Denmark								5788	5234	5942	7313	10287	10962
Germany	(2)			15785	17166	17694	18466	16541	13953	10267	12648	13030	11764
Estonia								25	35	90	120	162	210
Ireland		3031	3233	3753	4264	4322	4401	5960	2746	3366	2610	3142	3300
Greece									321	280	228	300	243
Spain						52148			81067	83877	110168	123883	153145
France	(3)	5216		29146	34709	39214	44060	39976	57794	56574	63728	62396	57848
Cyprus											39	40	30
Latvia											20	40	17
Lithuania								5	10	10	23	24	30
Luxembourg			178	57	44	115	89	106	78	84	83	134	117
Hungary									21	76	59	86	67
Malta	(4)						83	10		60	102	136	86
Austria						2563	2464	2328	1855	1473	1861	2053	1873
Poland	(9)							17	37	43	82
Portugal	(5)	746	1106	1463	1917	2538	2457	2284	1970	2276	2439	2695	2511
Romania													145
Slovenia	(6)							56	52		122	118	179
Slovakia	(7)						25	28	30	23	29	29	30
Finland						2259	2482	4011	3171	2796	2626	2408	2599
Sweden		3311	3017	3557	4033	4834	4667	5516	6490	6526	6686	6829	7511
United Kingdom		64295	64169	79601	84983	73764	65400	63920	62796	60068	52218	59204
Croatia								238	252	240	611	641	469
Turkey								99	907	522	304	814	234
Norway								10089	10004	9476	9163	9223	10516
Total		84169	71703	133362	151690	202801	150077	172917	249387	248293	279831	302293

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) Data include number of seizures of herbal cannabis, cannabis resin, cannabis plants and cannabis seeds. 

 (5) The value for 1995 includes cannabis seeds. 

 (6) In 2003 seizures of resin and herbal cannabis could not be broken down by product; 3421 seizures of both products were made in 2003. 

 (7) Data are not available before 2000. 

 (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 to 2003 the number of large seizures only is reported; from 2004 all seizures are reported.  

Sources:

 Reitox national focal points 

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