November 2024
5 reports. Seizures 3 · Eradications 1 · Sentences 1
Congo gendarmes link a cannabis seizure to an agriculture official
An official report described the arrest in Owando of a young adult carrying 52 wrapped cannabis portions, followed by a search of an agriculture official's home where more cannabis and an elephant tusk were found. The suspects were presented to the prosecutor. The report, dated 20 November, still cited the colonial-era 1916 poisonous-substances law as a basis for cannabis enforcement.
Uzbekistan says drug crime doubled in five years
The director of the National Centre for Drug Control said drug offences had doubled between 2019 and 2024, drug seizures rose 8.5 times and synthetic-drug seizures 400 times. He warned that 'pharmacy drug addiction' was spreading among young people and called for regional cooperation. The figures cover all drugs, not cannabis alone.
Kazakhstan's 2024 cannabis sweep finds 21.5 tonnes of drugs
The interior ministry's Karasora operation ran from 1 June to 31 October 2024 and recorded 1,607 drug crimes: 799 sales, 245 cultivation and 194 possession. Police seized 21.5 tonnes of drugs, including about 4.5 tonnes of marijuana, more than 200 kg of hashish and 16 tonnes of cannabis plants, and destroyed more than 100 tonnes of wild cannabis on 380 hectares in the Shu district.
Tabubil court jails a man six years for 4.5 kg of marijuana
The Tabubil District Court sentenced Ipark Amlat, 38, to six years' hard labour for possessing 4.5 kg of marijuana, charged under section 3(1)(d) of the Dangerous Drugs Act. He had been arrested on 12 October 2024 and pleaded guilty; 25 days in pre-trial custody were deducted. Police put the street value at K20,000–30,000.
Bangui police destroy cannabis seized along the river and in markets
The anti-drug office destroyed seized cannabis and other products after operations along the Oubangui river, in Boy-Rabe and at Combattant market. Radio Ndeke Luka reported that the seizures took place from 14 to 20 October, before the destruction on 5 November.