Table SZR-5. Number of seizures of cannabis plants, 1995 to 2008

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Belgium		78	:	:	147	144	442	:	:	296	388	456	209	466	666
Bulgaria	(1)	:	:	:	:	:	14	7	40	35	3	12	7	8	:
Czech Republic	(2)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	58	117	49	53	44	46	46
Denmark		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	94	77	87	109	94	220
Germany	(3)	:	:	1418	1661	1254	1046	785	887	750	1008	1035	1121	1463	1526
Estonia		:	:	:	:	:	:	6	22	32	27	26	17	19	12
Ireland		26	36	55	36	28	21	20	36	30	27	16	47	100	:
Greece		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	289	263	372	448	394	330	431
Spain		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	350	502	709	751	659	748	1104
France	(4)	:	:	828	1035	853	878	681	:	1455	1492	1141	1300	:	2146
Italy		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	645	650	914	1079
Cyprus		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	17	14	29	25	:
Latvia		:	:	:	:	:	:	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
Lithuania		:	:	:	:	:	:	0	3	2	3	8	:	0	:
Luxembourg		:	6	1	3	5	6	0	1	8	12	2	4	2	3
Hungary	(5)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	62	43	50	70	73
Malta	(6)	:	:	:	:	:	2	1	0	2	3	2	4	:	:
Netherlands		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Austria		:	:	:	:	:	72	120	168	204	206	164	204	200	230
Poland	(7)	:	:	:	:	:	:	2	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Portugal	(8)	:	28	34	33	32	50	64	115	77	121	129	155	199	184
Romania		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	0	0	0
Slovenia		:	:	:	:	:	:	426	415	:	204	209	120	366	391
Slovakia	(9)	:	:	:	:	:	2	8	36	51	31	58	40	20	32
Finland		:	:	:	:	:	358	612	923	1170	1406	1633	1378	1900	2100
Sweden	(10)	65	59	57	90	68	74	51	:	:	:	:	:	53	92
United Kingdom	(11)	6125	4936	3791	2832	2288	2040	1880	2441	2904	2995	4331	5906	8219	:
Croatia		:	:	:	:	:	:	118	134	99	87	107	119	220	91
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	2287	2890	3038	2988	0	0	0	0
Norway		:	:	:	:	:	:	108	126	135	143	124	124	207	216
Total		6294	5065	6184	5837	4672	5005	7176	8934	11264	12430	11494	12690	15673

Notes:

 (1) 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.     

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

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

 (4) 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.     

 (5) Since 2007 only a representative sample is reported.     

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

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

 (8) 2002, 2003, 2006 data include each 1 seizure of cannabis plants reported in kg and 2 seizures in 2007.     

 (9) Data are not available before 2000.     

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

 (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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