February 27, 2025 | Incident and Crime Statistics , Alcohol and Drugs
Request Number: FOI/13742
Category: Incident and Crime Statistics - Alcohol and Drugs
Subject: Cannabis Farms
Your request for information has now been considered and we are not obliged to supply the information you have requested.
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and relates to cannabis farms in the UK.
I would like to know:
Request 1
The number of cannabis farms your team seized in 2024.
Request 2
The number of cannabis farms your team seized in 2023.
Answer
Section 17(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires the Police Service of Northern Ireland, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide the applicant with a notice which:
(a) states the fact,
(b) specifies the exemption in question and
(c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
The following exemption has been applied:
Section 21 - Information Reasonably Accessible by Other Means
The information you request may be located
https://www.psni.police.uk/official-statistics/drug-seizure-statistics