February 2025
4 reports. Seizures 3 · Eradications 1
Niger's anti-drug office seizes cannabis hidden in peanuts
The Konni unit of the anti-drug office OCRTIS found 80 bricks of cannabis weighing 72.325 kg in sacks of peanuts at the Tchérassa checkpoint. The load had come from Kalmalo in Nigeria and was bound for Dan Issa and Maradi. Three people were arrested for international trafficking of high-risk drugs.
French Polynesia's Matai Rorofai operation destroys 7,419 plants
A two-week operation across the territory ended with 7,419 cannabis plants destroyed, 17.2 kg of herb, 31.57 g of ice and 80 ecstasy tablets seized, and 15.7 million XFP in assets. Police implicated 395 people and held 45 in custody. It was an enforcement operation, not a change in the law.
Syria's new border force finds hashish factories on the Lebanese border
The commander of Syria's western border region said his forces had found numerous hashish farms, warehouses and processing and packing workshops during a sweep of villages along the Lebanese border. He said the area had been the economic artery of armed smuggling gangs and that the former regime had turned the border into a drug corridor.
Tajikistan's 2024 drug haul falls as synthetics take over
The Drug Control Agency reported that law enforcement seized about 4.3 tonnes of drugs in 2024, 901 kg less than in 2023. Seizures of plant-based drugs fell by more than 900 kg, while psychotropic substances rose to 101 kg, 59% more than the year before. The agency said traffickers were shifting from cannabis and opium toward methamphetamine and other synthetics.