Guidance

Seizures of drugs in England and Wales: user guide

'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales: user guide' is designed to be a useful reference guide with explanatory notes on seizure of drugs.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 30 October 2014
• Last updated: 12 February 2026
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  1. 12 February 2026

     'Updated to accompany publication of 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2025'.

  2. 16 January 2025

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2024'.

  3. 18 January 2024

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2023'.

  4. 20 April 2023

     Added 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2022', updated 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales: user guide'.

  5. 3 February 2022

     Updated to accompany the publication of 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2021'.

  6. 31 December 2020

     Added HTML version of 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales: user guide'.

  7. 9 December 2020

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2020'.

  8. 5 December 2019

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2019'.

  9. 7 December 2018

     The user guide has been updated to include additional information in the ‘Imputation of data’ section of Chapter 1.

  10. 8 November 2018

      Updated to accompany the publication of 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2018'.

  11. 9 November 2017

      Updated to accompany publication of 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2017'.

  12. 3 November 2016

      Updated to accompany the publication of 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2016'.

  13. 5 November 2015

      Updated to accompany publication of 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2015'.

  14. 30 October 2014

      First published.

Applies to England and Wales

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Seizures of drugs in England and Wales: user guide

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User guide to accompany ‘Seizures of drugs in England and Wales statistics’.