Cannabis farms
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/002943/N
Version Date: 18/03/2025
The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information.
To retrieve this data the following HO codes were searched.
HO codes, 092/21, 9221, 093/21, 092/26, 093/26 and returned occurrences were manually reviewed.
Property and arrests linked to these occurrences were extracted to answer questions 2 – 5.
Please note – there is no specific definition to the term “cannabis farm”. The manual review has been based on factors such as quantity of plants found, complexity and expanse of set up and cultivating equipment as well as intent to supply or where the OEL has stated the cannabis growth is a farm/factory.
Please also note that the arrest totals are populated with arrests of cultivating/production that are linked to the cannabis farms occurrences.
If the force does NOT hold all these details, please provide the information you do have and let me know which parts of the request you will not be able to provide.
I would like to request the following information:
For each calendar year 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020:
1. How many cannabis farms did your force detect?
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
|
|
Occurrences where a cannabis farm/factory has been detected |
32 |
13 |
12 |
7 |
8 |
72 |
- What was the quantity of drugs seized?
|
Quantity |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
|
Plants |
281 |
20 |
29 |
69 |
116 |
515 |
Please note, ‘quantity’ and ‘value’ are not mandatory fields so these results may not accurately show what was siezed as they are not always populated. It is also not always clear what units are being used.
- What was the estimated value of the seizures?
|
Value |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
|
GBP |
1005 |
|
|
|
|
1005 |
Please note, ‘quantity’ and ‘value’ are not mandatory fields so these results may not accurately show what was siezed as they are not always populated. It is also not always clear what units are being used.
- How many arrests were made on suspicion of the cultivation of cannabis?
|
Reason for Arrest |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
|
Concerned in production of a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis (recordable) |
6 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
8 |
|
Concerned in the supply of a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis (recordable) |
4 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
Conspire to produce a controlled drug of Class B - Other (recordable) |
|
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Conspire to supply controlled drug of Class C - Other (recordable) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Cultivate cannabis plant a class B controlled drug (recordable) |
1 |
7 |
11 |
6 |
8 |
33 |
|
Permit production / attempt production on premises of a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis resin (recordable) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Produce a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis resin (recordable) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Produce controlled drug of Class B - cannabis (recordable) |
5 |
2 |
|
|
3 |
10 |
|
Supply a controlled drug of Class B - Cannabis (recordable) |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
Supply a controlled drug of Class B - Other (recordable) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Total |
20 |
13 |
12 |
6 |
12 |
63 |
- What were the nationalities of those arrested?
|
Nationality |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
|
Albania |
8 |
|
6 |
5 |
4 |
23 |
|
Albania; Greece |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Greece |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Romania |
3 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
UK |
7 |
10 |
5 |
|
6 |
28 |
|
Vietnam |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
Total |
20 |
13 |
12 |
6 |
12 |
63 |