July 2025
11 reports. Seizures 7 · Raids 1 · Arrests 1 · Prosecutions 1 · Sentences 1
Venezuela seizes three tonnes of marijuana on a boat in Falcón
Diosdado Cabello, the vice-president for security, announced the seizure of 3,077 kg of marijuana at Pico de Zamuro in Falcón state. Eight Venezuelans travelling in a boat with five high-powered engines were arrested by the investigative police's anti-drug division.
São Tomé police arrest three in a park with cannabis and amphetamines
Judicial police arrested three men in Parque Popular with about 30 grams of liamba, or cannabis, and three doses of amphetamines.[@1] Two were São Toméan and one Portuguese; all were suspected of trafficking, and the judicial authorities imposed bail.[@1] RSTP’s August report quoted a police announcement and recalled the previous year’s raids on cannabis fields and sales points.[@1]
Tunisia plans saliva tests for drug-driving
Colonel Sami Saoudi of the National Road Safety Observatory announced on 27 July 2025 that police would get rapid saliva tests for drugs, to be used at road checks and after traffic offences. No start date was given. The device would sit alongside alcohol tests; no THC threshold or separate penalty for cannabis was published.
Mongolian police raid nightclubs and test 1,043 people positive
Police raided nightclubs and bars in Ulaanbaatar from 25 to 27 July 2025 and tested 1,043 people positive for an illicit drug. The campaign followed a rise in drug crime and calls for tougher enforcement. It was an enforcement operation, not a change in the law.
Police find 15 cannabis plants after stopping a man with a packet
Police in Ochamchira stopped a 31-year-old local man in July 2025 and found a packet of cannabis on him. He led officers to a plot in the forest near Elyr where he had grown 15 South Krasnodar cannabis plants. A criminal case was opened and he was placed under house arrest. The case shows that a small outdoor plot is prosecuted as a crime, not treated as a minor infraction.
Libyan forces seize five tonnes of hashish and break up a growing network
Security forces raided a network in the Green Mountain near Taknes, about 127 km east of Benghazi, at dawn on 19 July. They seized five tonnes of hashish and broke up what officials called a cannabis cultivation and processing operation, arresting several people.
A nightclub assault puts drug enforcement in the spotlight
A fight outside an Ulaanbaatar nightclub on 18 July 2025 left a man badly injured; three suspects were arrested and a fourth, the chief executive of Gobi Cashmere, left the country. The assailants were reported to have been under the influence of illegal drugs, though no drug was named.
Kikori police seize 125.6 kg of marijuana bound for Australia
Gulf police arrested nine people after finding seven bags holding 125.6 kg of marijuana at Kikori on 13 July 2025. Police said the load came from the Southern Highlands and was to be taken by dinghy and road towards Daru and then Australia through Saibai, Cairns and Townsville.
Oman's prosecutors count 6,741 drug cases over two years
The Public Prosecution said 6,741 drug cases were recorded in Oman between 2023 and 2024, with 2024 higher than 2023. Its spokesman named hashish, shabu, heroin and painkillers as the most common drugs and said international networks used social media to recruit young people. The figures cover all drugs, not cannabis alone, and no arrest or conviction breakdown was published.
Liechtenstein court retains a fine after testing imported THC vapes
After an earlier judgment was partly overturned, testing found 63–65% THC in three sampled vapes from a seized consignment. A combined CHF2,400 fine remained, with CHF600 expert costs; the reported judgment was still open to appeal.
Gibraltar records 169 drug-possession offences in its policing year
The police authority’s 2024/25 table records 169 possession offences and 22 supply offences across all drugs. Its report describes enforcement ranging from possession fines to prison for trafficking.