Cannabis seizures in the EU (updated June 2021)

Graphic showing seizures of cannabis resin and herb in the EU in 2019. While numbers for quantities of seizures are similar (approximately 350000 in the EU), the quantity in weight of cannabis resin seized is two to three times greater than for herb.

Graphic shows seizures data for cannabis resin and herbal cannabis in the European Union.

This graphic is take from the European Drug Report 2021. Full source data and methods and definitions may be found in the Statistical Bulletin 2021.

Graphic source data is provided below for accessibility and reuse purposes.

Seizures of cannbis

Cannabis seizures in the EU and the EU + Norway and Turkey (EU+2), 2019
  Resin Herbal
Number of seizures (EU) 326000 313000
Number of seizures (EU+2) 342000 380000
Quatity seized EU (tonnes) 465 148
Quatity seized EU+2 (tonnes) 496 211
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