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2024

57 reports. Seizures 33 · Sentences 11 · Eradications 5 · Arrests 4 · Raids 2 · Prosecutions 2

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December 2024 · 4

  1. · Oman
    Oman police seize 75 kg of mixed drugs smuggled by sea
  2. · Vietnam
    Vietnam breaks up a crypto-paid cannabis ring and seizes 550 kg
  3. · Bolivia
    Bolivia reports 1,269 tonnes of marijuana seized in four years
  4. · United Arab Emirates
    Dubai jails a cannabis supplier for life over 193 grams

November 2024 · 5

  1. · Congo
    Congo gendarmes link a cannabis seizure to an agriculture official
  2. · Uzbekistan
    Uzbekistan says drug crime doubled in five years
  3. · Kazakhstan
    Kazakhstan's 2024 cannabis sweep finds 21.5 tonnes of drugs
  4. · Papua New Guinea
    Tabubil court jails a man six years for 4.5 kg of marijuana
  5. · Central African Republic
    Bangui police destroy cannabis seized along the river and in markets

October 2024 · 3

  1. · Oman
    Oman police seize 30 kg of hashish in South Al Batinah
  2. · Kyrgyzstan
    Bishkek police find 27 kg of marijuana packed for sale
  3. · Taiwan
    Taiwan breaks its record for cannabis plants seized in one case

September 2024 · 4

  1. · Azerbaijan
    A drone from Iran brings marijuana over the Araz
  2. · Hong Kong
    Customs finds 500 kg of cannabis hidden in a soybean shipment
  3. · Guyana
    Guyana's attorney general tells police not to lock people up for small amounts
  4. · Mongolia
    Police seize 17 kg of cannabis plants in Ulaanbaatar

August 2024 · 6

  1. · Marshall Islands
    Marshall Islands charges a Majuro man after a marijuana and meth search
  2. · Bahrain
    Bahrain finds hashish soaked into posted fabric
  3. · Tajikistan
    Dushanbe police seize 50 kg of hashish from a transnational group
  4. · Solomon Islands
    Auki police uproot nearly 200 cannabis plants after a village tip-off
  5. · Transnistria
    Transnistrian police uncover 64 cannabis plants in Bender garden

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July 2024 · 11

  1. · Maldives
    Customs finds 15 kg of cannabis in a suitcase at Velana airport
  2. · Thailand
    Britain and Thailand join forces against cannabis couriers
  3. · Madagascar
    Malagasy gendarmes uproot ten hectares of cannabis in a protected area
  4. · North Korea
    North Hamgyong reports a 40% rise in drug crime and orders a summer crackdown
  5. · São Tomé and Príncipe
    São Tomé police raid cannabis fields and sales points, arresting nine

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June 2024 · 7

  1. · South Korea
    South Korea's 2023 drug arrests pass 20,000 for the first time
  2. · Timor-Leste
    Timor-Leste's drug police still send samples to Portugal for confirmatory testing
  3. · Brunei
    Brunei arrests 27 in a Tutong drug sweep
  4. · Philippines
    A Philippine court convicts four police for a drug-war killing
  5. · French Polynesia
    A Tahiti father who grew cannabis for his epileptic son is acquitted

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May 2024 · 7

  1. · Fiji
    Fiji’s appeal court cuts two cannabis growers’ prison terms by four years
  2. · Vanuatu
    Vanuatu suspends a five-plant sentence after months already spent in custody
  3. · Gibraltar
    Gibraltar fines and disqualifies a driver after a positive cannabis test
  4. · Maldives
    Police seize 19 kg of drugs in the first months of 2024
  5. · Isle of Man
    Isle of Man court fines a woman for half a gram of cannabis

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April 2024 · 1

  1. · Qatar
    Qatar police arrest two men in a drug-trafficking raid

March 2024 · 4

  1. · Tunisia
    A new wave of cannabis arrests hits young Tunisians
  2. · Laos
    Bolikhamxay police find more than 800 kg of cannabis
  3. · Philippines
    Manila port raid finds kush, hash and vape oil in one shipment
  4. · Indonesia
    Indonesia burns seven tonnes of ripe cannabis in Aceh

February 2024 · 1

  1. · Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka says police can arrest unauthorised holders of Ayurvedic cannabis

January 2024 · 4

  1. · Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Bosnia’s state police report cannabis seizures and drug-trafficking cases
  2. · Serbia
    Serbia’s top court keeps three years for 372 grams of personal cannabis
  3. · Faroe Islands
    Faroese customs find 24 kg of hashish in a ferry passenger’s car
  4. · Laos
    Thai cannabis drinks slip into Vientiane shops