August 2025
11 reports. Seizures 8 · Arrests 2 · Eradications 1
Kuwait reports 527 trafficking cases in eight months
The Interior Ministry said 527 drug-trafficking cases involving 823 suspects had been recorded since January, alongside 1,359 abuse cases against 1,675 people. Seizures included 959 kilograms of hashish and 142 kilograms of marijuana, far more resin than herbal cannabis, as well as 391 kilograms of methamphetamine and 6.8 million Lyrica capsules. The figures cover all drugs, not cannabis alone.
Oman police find 85 kg of hashish and marijuana on the Quriyat coast
Police arrested two people linked to international trafficking networks after finding more than 85 kilograms of hashish and marijuana, plus 70,000 psychotropic tablets, at a coastal hideout in Quriyat. The Royal Oman Police said the drugs had been loaded into a vehicle for trafficking and consumption. The statement did not split the cannabis between resin and herb or name the source country.
Lebanon's army destroys cannabis fields in the northern Bekaa
Army units destroyed cannabis fields in Zarazir, Deir al-Ahmar and Shleefa in the northern Bekaa, including plants grown inside homes, and arrested a suspect. The raids came the same week the government appointed the Cannabis Regulatory Authority. They were enforcement, not a change in the law.
Serbia investigates two suspects after a two-tonne cannabis seizure
Belgrade’s Higher Public Prosecutor said it opened an investigation against two suspects after two tonnes of cannabis packaged for further sale were seized in Zemun. The office later linked its continuing investigation to the five-tonne seizure near Kruševac in January 2026.
Guinea's gendarmes seize 1,725 kg of cannabis in a minibus
The gendarmerie's research brigade in Kindia intercepted a minibus on the road from Bambaya carrying 1,725 kg of cannabis; the driver abandoned it and was arrested four days later. The operation was part of an anti-drug campaign launched by the prosecutor general at the Conakry court of appeal, and the Kindia prosecutor was informed.
Cambodia reports nearly 15,000 drug arrests in seven months
A report by Cambodia's Anti-Drug Department counted 14,977 people arrested for drug offences between January and July 2025, 2.7% more than in the same period a year earlier; 537 of them were foreigners. Seizures included 505 kg of dried cannabis and 12,212 fresh cannabis plants, out of 1.91 tonnes of drugs in all.
Zhambyl police cut and burn 3,000 tonnes of wild cannabis
By mid-August 2025, during the Karasora operation, police in Zhambyl region mowed wild cannabis on 4,394.6 hectares of steppe and burned the cut plants. The regional police put the total weight at more than 3,000 tonnes. The work used agricultural machinery and was part of the annual campaign against harvesting in the Chu valley and nearby areas.
Japan seizes a record tonne of cannabis hidden in a container
Narcotics agents said on 13 August 2025 that they had seized 1.046 tonnes of dried cannabis, worth about 5.2 billion yen on the street, from a shipping container that had left Vietnam in May and arrived in Japan in June.[@1] It was the largest single seizure of any illegal drug in Japan, and more than twice the 452 kg of herbal cannabis recorded across the country in 2024.[@1]
Libyan counter-terrorism forces arrest two men with hashish in Misrata
Libya's Counter-Terrorism Forces arrested two Nigerian nationals in Misrata on suspicion of drug trafficking, finding hashish, hallucinogenic pills and cash, according to a statement by the monitoring group Migrant Rescue Watch. The case was referred to the public prosecution.
Kokopo police find 40 kg of marijuana with police and army uniforms
Police in Kokopo, East New Britain, seized 40 kg of marijuana in three green bags that also held Papua New Guinea Defence Force and police uniforms. The bags were found in the bush at Bitapabeke and Ulagunan after a group of young people fled; no one was arrested at the time. Police said the suspects' identities were known and appealed for them to surrender.
Bahrain keeps life terms for a six-year cannabis farm
The High Criminal Appeals Court on 2 August 2025 upheld life sentences for the first two defendants in a cannabis-growing operation run from a rented villa in Adliya, and cut the third defendant's life term to 15 years; a fourth received 10 years and a fifth one year.