Table SZR-4. Quantities (kg) of herbal cannabis seized, 1995 to 2008

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Belgium		38104	56791	39072	2463	2916	2170	:	26466	13194	3854	5058	4563	12759	4891
Bulgaria	(8)	:	:	:	751	0	296	183	477	689	871	4211	1873	3219	22
Czech Republic		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	101	78	169	103	108	122	393
Denmark		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	245	34	130	45	:	171
Germany	(1)	:	:	4167	14897	15022	5871	2079	6130	2582	5384	3014	2954	3770	8932
Estonia		:	:	:	:	:	:	205	12	9	1	11	17	8	22
Ireland		78	2	35	45	66	208	9590	5600	202	104	151	315	763	:
Greece		1138	2540	12819	17510	14167	14908	11653	13943	7153	4752	8011	12373	6910	4601
Spain	(10)	:	13267	24889	412	765	353	532	461	666	999	666	510	1233	3751
France	(2)	3056	31280	3452	3522	3382	4866	3922	6147	3995	3932	3062	3774	3048	3423
Italy		:	:	:	39725	21424	26013	36673	16385	15339	3491	2485	4985	4550	2380
Cyprus		13	6	39	129	30	29	38	9	56	23	181	35	148	357
Latvia		:	:	:	:	:	:	194	7	6	8	26	6	18	42
Lithuania		:	:	:	:	:	:	16	5	30	16	106	72	160	144
Luxembourg		:	16	35	5	4	8	13	18	17	23	17	62	13	21
Hungary	(3)	:	:	:	:	:	112	131	103	207	92	162	266	347	255
Malta		:	:	:	:	:	0	0.02	0.13	25	2	2	1	:	:
Netherlands	(4)	:	:	:	:	:	10330	22447	9958	:	ca 9000	4400	6600	5470	:
Austria		:	:	:	:	342	1562	282	450	553	506	504	1392	887	530
Poland	(9)	:	:	:	:	:	:	91	515	233	233	227	402	353	493
Portugal		160	36	72	7	66	223	235	361	265	119	121	152	133	37
Romania		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	72	90	347	1117	6	209
Slovenia	(5)	:	:	:	:	:	:	112	1100	:	85	112	553	157	401
Slovakia	(6)	320	24	874	15371	849	168	817	152	91	71	35	82	115	73
Finland		:	:	:	:	:	14	14	32	45	26	43	33	36	56
Sweden	(7)	25	67	31	98	34	56	39	90	97	57	186	322	106	2556
United Kingdom	(11)	13872	34304	31120	21730	15885	25490	26741	35012	29412	21496	20650	25760	19994	:
Croatia		:	:	:	:	:	:	738	595	435	428	983	202	239	221
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	9746	5538	7007	7571	11339	22228	25546	31222
Norway		:	:	:	:	:	:	35	105	48	34	44	32	76	151
Total		56766	138333	116605	116665	74952	92677	126526	129772	82751	63471	66387	90833	90185

Notes:

 ca = circa.     

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

 (2) 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.     

 (3) 2000 to 2003 data include both seizures of herbal cannabis and cannabis plants.     

 (4) In 2000 and 2001, data include both marihuana and Dutch-grown weed; in 2002, data include marihuana only. 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) 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.     

 (6) Data before 2000 include total of herbal and plants.     

 (7) Data include cannabis plants.     

 (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 amount of large seizures only is reported; from 2004 all seizures are reported.      

 (10) 2005 data include seizures of seeds and other cannabis products except resin and plants.     

 (11) Before 2006 data have been reported on a calendar year basis. Since 2006 seizures data will be published on a financial year basis (Data reported for 2006 is for 2006/07, data reported in 2007 is for 2007/08 and so on). There are no customs data for Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2006/07. In 2007 data are for England, Wales and Northern Ireland only (England and Wales reported both police and customs seizures and Northern Ireland only police seizures); no data for Scotland is available.   

Sources:

 Reitox national focal points     

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