Swiss cannabis seizures
Cannabis quantities seized by customs and police per year (marijuana + hashish).
Key facts
- Seized 2025: ≈ 3'900 kg
- Trend since 2020: −22%
Key takeaways
- Around 3,900 kg of cannabis were seized in 2025 — 22% less than in 2020.
- The decline affects marijuana more than hashish, whose volumes remain steadier.
- Seizures indicate police priorities, not market size.
Interpretation
Falling seizures coincide with fixed-fine practice and the shift of police resources toward hard drugs — not with a shrinking market, since prevalence and CBD revenue are rising. Hashish stability is telling: imported resin still moves through organised structures and is caught in larger lots, while marijuana increasingly circulates locally in very small amounts.
Limitations
- Single large busts distort annual values considerably.
- Cantonal reporting practices are not fully harmonised.
- Over-limit CBD product can be recorded as THC cannabis.
Data
| Year | Total (kg) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 5000 |
| 2021 | 4600 |
| 2022 | 4400 |
| 2023 | 4100 |
| 2024 | 3900 |
| 2025 | 3900 |
Methodology
Annual reports from fedpol + BAZG. Values in kg. Cannabis herb and resin only, excluding seedlings.
Sources
Related data & articles
Parent
Same category
- Swiss cannabis fixed-fine statistics — Enforcement dataset
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- Swiss cannabis consumption & prevalence — Dataset · Consumption
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