January 2026
8 reports. Seizures 6 · Eradications 1 · Sentences 1
Serbia reports a record five-tonne marijuana seizure near Kruševac
The Interior Ministry announced about five tonnes of marijuana seized near Kruševac, calling it a record national drug seizure. It reported two arrests and a search for another suspect, alongside seized firearms. Authorities suspected unlawful production and distribution.
Brunei keeps a 499-gram cannabis importer behind bars
The High Court refused bail to a man charged with importing 499.89 g of cannabis at Sungai Tujoh on 1 January 2024. Because the amount was just under the 500 g death threshold, the charge was amended to the 330–500 g band, carrying twenty to thirty years and fifteen strokes. He had been in remand for nearly two years.
Yemen's government counts nearly three tonnes of hashish seized
The drug control administration of the interior ministry of Yemen's internationally recognised government reported 2,986 kg of hashish seized in 2025 in the governorates it controls, beside 1,530 kg of crystal methamphetamine, 169 kg of heroin and 482,596 Captagon pills. It counted 704 drug cases, 488 of them for use, and 1,260 suspects, of whom 827 were users.
Bahrain appeal court cuts a cannabis-seed sentence to ten years
An appeal court reduced a man’s sentence from fifteen years to ten and retained a 5,000-dinar fine and confiscation in a cannabis-seed and multiple-drug case, The Daily Tribune reported.[@1] Prosecutors said he held cannabis seeds for trafficking and hashish and pregabalin for personal use; investigators described a home-growing operation.[@1] Laboratory tests identified viable cannabis seeds…
Togo burns over five tonnes of cannabis seized in 2024
Togo reported burning more than 5,291 kg of cannabis seized across the country in 2024, within a total of 5,729.05 kg of drugs destroyed at Agoè in Lomé. The anti-drug office and national anti-drug committee supervised the operation. Security minister Calixte Batossie Madjoulba presented the destruction as part of the government’s effort to protect public health and young people.
Algeria sets drug tests for job applicants and pupils
Two decrees of 14 January 2026 set the rules for the drug tests introduced by the 2025 drug law. Job applicants in the public and private sectors must file a negative test taken within the previous three months; a positive result blocks the application until the person completes treatment, though the decree says it is not a permanent exclusion.
Police clear R2.9 million dagga plantation on Mpumalanga river bank
Acting on a tip-off, a large team led by Mpumalanga's acting police commissioner removed a dense field of mature dagga plants on Buffelspruit Farm near Malelane, valued at about R2.9 million. No arrests were made; police opened an investigation to find the cultivators.
El Salvador reports 395 kg of marijuana among 25 tonnes of drugs
Defence minister René Merino Monroy presented the security cabinet's figures for 2025: 25,011.05 kg of drugs seized, against 17,224.8 kg in 2024. Cocaine made up 24,612.59 kg of the total; marijuana accounted for 394.52 kg, valued at about 1.39 million dollars.