Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement it has had with Police Scotland and law enforcement agencies regarding actions to disrupt illegal drug activities, including cannabis farming.
Police Scotland is a key partner on Scotland’s Serious Organised Crime Taskforce, which I chair. At our meeting in February, Police Scotland updated members on a range of SOC-related issues including illegal drugs. In 2025 Police Scotland seized almost 80 million pounds worth of drugs including multiple high-value cannabis cultivations.
The largest cultivation found in Scotland to date was in Kirkcaldy in June, when plants with an estimated value of 12 million pounds were seized.