September 2024
4 reports. Seizures 4
A drone from Iran brings marijuana over the Araz
Border guards in the Horadiz sector intercepted an unmanned aerial device flying from Iran and found 19.7 kg of marijuana and 1,500 methadone tablets, the State Border Service reported. It was one of a series of drone-borne drug shipments along the Araz river border in 2024 and 2025, alongside marijuana hidden in lorries and boats.
Customs finds 500 kg of cannabis hidden in a soybean shipment
Customs seized about 500 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds, worth about HK$130 million, from a sea container declared as carrying soy beans from Canada at Kwai Chung on 27 September 2024. Officers found the buds in 83 bags, then arrested two men and one woman aged 44 to 55 after a controlled delivery. The case showed smugglers using ordinary food cargoes to move cannabis into Hong Kong.
Guyana's attorney general tells police not to lock people up for small amounts
After police in Matthew's Ridge held a man found with 4.2 g of marijuana, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said the detention misapplied the amended drug law. Because a court cannot impose prison for possessing up to 30 g, he said, the police cannot detain a person for it before trial and bail must be granted; they should charge the person and bring them before a magistrate.
Police seize 17 kg of cannabis plants in Ulaanbaatar
Police stopped two men aged 32 and 33 in Ulaanbaatar’s Songinokhairkhan district on 12 September 2024 with about 17 kg of cannabis plants. The case was cited under Article 20.7 of the Criminal Code; no verdict was reported. It was one of the few cannabis-specific seizures reported that year.