November 2023
2 reports. Seizures 1 · Prosecutions 1
Cuba's Supreme Court reports 689 people sanctioned for drugs
The head of the Supreme Court's criminal chamber said on state television that courts had sanctioned 689 people linked to drug trafficking so far that year, 92% with prison sentences. These totals cover drugs generally, not cannabis alone. Authorities separately reported 77 cases of marihuana growing.
Saied orders a harder drug crackdown
On 6 November 2023 President Kais Saied met the interior minister, the national guard commander and the director general of national security and called for more patrols and a tougher fight against drugs. The meeting followed similar remarks on 26 October. Lawyers later linked the instructions to the arrest wave of 2024.