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Table SZR-4. Quantities (kg) of herbal cannabis seized, 1995–2011

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Belgium		38104	56791	39072	2463	2916	2170	:	26466	13194	3854	5058	4563	12732	4891	4486	5208	5095
Bulgaria		:	:	:	751	0	296	183	477	689	871	4211	138	25	12	46	39	1035
Czech Republic		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	101	78	169	103	108	122	393	172	278	441
Denmark		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	245	34	130	45	:	171	366	375	168
Germany		:	:	4167	14897	15022	5871	2079	6130	2582	5384	3014	2954	3770	8932	4298	4875	3957
Estonia		:	:	:	:	:	:	205	12	9	1	11	17	8	22	7	15	53
Ireland		78	2	35	45	66	208	9590	5600	202	104	151	315	763	929	572	913	1865
Greece		1138	2540	12819	17510	14167	14908	11653	13943	7153	4752	8011	12373	6910	4601	7320	7726	13393
Spain	(1)	:	13267	24889	412	765	353	532	461	666	999	666	510	1233	3751	1673	2715	17535
France	(2)	3056	31280	3452	3522	3382	4866	3922	6147	3995	3932	3062	3774	3048	3423	3496	4565	5450
Italy		:	:	:	39725	21424	26013	36673	16385	15339	3491	2485	4985	4551	2400	8098	5505	10908
Cyprus		13	6	39	129	30	29	38	9	56	23	181	35	148	357	156	97	76
Latvia		11	8	22	3	:	:	194	7	6	8	26	6	18	42	18	61	34
Lithuania		:	:	:	:	:	:	16	5	30	16	106	72	160	144	82	86	43
Luxembourg		:	16	35	5	4	8	13	18	17	23	17	62	13	21	15	49	11
Hungary	(3)	:	:	:	:	:	112	131	103	207	92	162	266	347	255	293	528	209
Malta		:	:	:	:	:	0	0.02	0.13	25	2	2	1	:	0.2	458	0.8	1.5
Netherlands	(4)	:	:	:	:	:	10330	22447	9958	:	9000	4400	6640	5470	:	:	4500	5000
Austria		:	:	:	:	342	1562	282	450	553	506	504	1392	887	530	776	912	621
Poland		:	:	:	:	:	:	91	515	233	233	227	402	353	493	883	1502	1265
Portugal	(5)	160	36	72	7	66	223	235	361	265	119	121	152	133	37	5045	40	108
Romania		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	72	90	347	1117	2115	209	199	81	252
Slovenia	(6)	:	:	:	:	:	:	112	1100	:	85	112	553	157	404	241	189	613
Slovakia	(7)	320	24	874	15371	849	168	817	152	91	71	35	82	115	73	69	171	137
Finland		:	:	:	:	:	14	14	32	45	26	43	32.9	36	56	100	80	97
Sweden	(8)	25	67	31	98	34	56	39	90	97	57	186	322	106	448	263	375	264
United Kingdom		13872	34304	31120	21730	15885	25490	26741	35012	29412	21555	20652	25859	20163	33363	17946	21736	22000
Croatia		:	:	:	:	:	:	738	595	435	428	983	202	239	221	255	422	421
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	9746	5538	7007	7571	11339	22228.18	25546	31222	41940	44154	55251
Norway		:	:	:	:	:	:	35	105	48	34	44	32	76	151	122	209	219
Total		56777	138341	116627	116668	74952	92677	126526	129772	82751	72530	66390	89238	89243	97549	99393	107405

Notes:

Numbers are rounded to the nearest kg except for quantities less than 1 kg where more precise information is provided when available.

(1) 2005 data include seizures of seeds and other cannabis products except resin and plants.

(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 2008 and 2009 UNODC figures are available: 42360 and 5940 respectively. In 2010 because of possible incompleteness and unknown unreliabilities figures were truncated by the WODC. Four police regions did not report about seizures. Figures include seizures by Customs and Military Police. Figures are a ‘reasonable indication’, as well the more the 50% (2500 kg) of the figure reported is Dutch-grown weed. In 2000 and 2001, data include both marihuana and Dutch-grown weed; in 2002, data include marihuana only.

(5) Data include cannabis seeds, leaves and other cannabis products except resin, pollen and plants. In 2009 6.4 kg of cannabis leaves; 1.1 kg of cannabis seeds; 2095 cannabis seeds were also seized.

(6) 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.

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

(8) Over the period 2002-2005, data included seizures of both herbal cannabis and cannabis plants.

Source:

Reitox national focal points. See Table SZR-0 part (i) and Table SZR-0 part (ii)

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