The Khust District Court sentenced a 33-year-old Khust resident to five years for growing cannabis in a greenhouse and in pots in his yard. Searches found about 240 plants, plus dried cannabis, scales and packaging. He stays in custody until the verdict takes effect.
Arrested 1Charged 1Prison 5 years
Police discovered a 1,500-plant marijuana farm at Vesivuru, Lea, and a 100-plant farm at Nawi, Tukavesi, arresting the suspected owner, a 38-year-old man, as nationwide operations continued on 29 October 2026.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 1,600
Bengaluru police arrested six people, including two from other states, in separate operations on 29 October 2026 for selling drugs to the public and college students. Officers seized 9.89 kg of ganja and 16 g of MDMA worth Rs 6.52 lakh; all six were remanded to judicial custody.
Arrested 6Cannabis 9.9 kg
A Banning jury convicted Merlin Perales Ortiz, 24, of first-degree murder and conspiracy on 29 October 2026 for the 2020 robbery-killing of 20-year-old marijuana dealer Wesley Flores Miranda in Riverside. Ortiz, held without bail, is due to be sentenced on 18 November and is expected to receive life without parole; her two co-defendants pleaded guilty in 2021.
Charged 1Deaths 1
Tripura Police intercepted a vehicle at the Jherjheri check post in Kadamtala on the night of 28 October 2026 and recovered 17 packets of dry cannabis from a concealed compartment, valued at about Rs 50 lakh. The driver, Kishan Ghosh (29) of Agartala, was arrested under the NDPS Act.
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Police arrested two suspected traffickers and seized over 25 kg of cannabis sativa in coordinated operations on 28 October 2026: about 20 kg found in vehicle KDV 137V stopped at KK Towers in Juja Town, whose driver was taken into custody, and bhang in two green sacks and a blue basin plus rolling papers and a rolling stick at a rental house at Kamukuywa Market, Kimilili, after a public tip-off.
Arrested 2Cannabis 25 kg
Sri Lanka Customs found 2.4 kg of cannabis and 12.4 kg of hashish worth Rs 157 million hidden inside wooden table boards shipped from Thailand as a gift. A 29-year-old suspect from Ragama was taken into Customs custody.
Arrested 1Cannabis 14.8 kg
Nagpur Rural Police raided a farm at Gangaji Dareli in Kalmeshwar on a tip-off and seized nine growing ganja plants weighing 1.358 kg. The farm's caretaker was arrested; police are probing whether the crop links to a smuggling racket.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 9Cannabis 1.4 kg
Mumbai Crime Branch's Anti-Narcotics Cell seized 3.563 kg of hydro ganja worth about Rs 1.24 crore near Umar Khadi Cross Lane in Dongri on 28 October 2026. Two men carrying the drug in blue plastic bags were arrested under the NDPS Act.
Arrested 2Cannabis 3.6 kg
At the South Astara customs post on the Iranian border, officers searching a lorry bound for Russia found 97.685 kg of marijuana in 90 packages under a load of fresh lettuce. The State Customs Committee said the vehicle was carrying the cargo in transit through Azerbaijan and that an investigation had begun.
Sri Lanka Customs opened nine uncollected foreign postal parcels at the Central Mail Exchange in Colombo and seized kush, hashish, ecstasy and cocaine worth Rs 60.26 million. The parcels came from Thailand, Spain, Britain and the US; the drugs went to the Police Narcotic Bureau.
Cannabis 6 kg
Police in Bila Tserkva district, Kyiv Oblast, detained four local men and seized about 50 kg of cannabis, 209 cannabis plants and cash. All four were charged over producing and selling drugs, three also over growing cannabis for sale, and a court ordered them held without bail.
Arrested 4Charged 4Plants destroyed 209Cannabis 50 kg
State Security Service officers and Tashkent police arrested a 33-year-old online drug store courier in Yunusabad district on 28 October 2026, finding 257 g of hashish oil on him and 2.831 kg more at his flat with scales. A criminal case was opened and suppliers are being traced.
Arrested 1Cannabis 3.1 kg
On 28 October 2026 Strumica police filed a criminal complaint against a medical-cannabis company in Borisovo and its manager, V.K., after an inspection found 7,813.49 kg of dried flower unaccounted for.
Railway Police (RPF and GRP) caught Rahul Miah (19) on platform no. 1 of Agartala Railway Station on 28 October 2026 with 6.105 kg of cannabis worth about Rs 3 lakh. NDPS case 2026GRP075 was registered against him.
Arrested 1Cannabis 6.1 kg
The Second Sentencing Court of Santa Tecla sentenced Emilio Adonay Pacheco Arévalo, 22, to six years for possession after police found 84.4 grams of cannabis on him on 30 April 2026 at kilometre 11 of the road to Puerto de La Libertad.
Charged 1Prison 6 years
Kalinga police uprooted and burned 544,000 fully grown marijuana plants across seven sites in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, on 27 October 2026, an operation the provincial office valued at about ₱108.8 million. No cultivators were arrested.
Plants destroyed 544,000Hectares 4.9
A 90-person joint team found about 18 hectares of cannabis in Teupin Reusep, North Aceh, on 27 October 2026 and handed four farmers to police. The plants were one to two metres tall and two to four months old. The site is in the same village where BNN destroyed 69 tonnes in November 2025.
The Basra criminal court sentenced a man to death under Article 27(1) of the 2017 drug law after large quantities of methamphetamine and hashish were found in his possession for sale. The Supreme Judicial Council announced the judgment on 27 October 2026. Article 27(1) is one of the law's trafficking provisions and carries death or life imprisonment.
Anti-drug police searched a Thai vessel off Baie-du-Tombeau on 23 October 2026 while investigating two suspected seaborne cannabis deliveries totalling just over a tonne. Seven crew were arrested, with an eighth suspect caught at the airport on 27 October trying to leave the country.
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AIU officers intercepted Ghatkopar resident A.A.R. Miyan at Mumbai airport on 27 October 2026, finding 1,015 grams of Bangkok-sourced hydroponic weed hidden in three shampoo bottles. He admitted smuggling for quick money and was arrested as the network probe began.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1 kg
The General Operations Force arrested a 30-year-old man in Rantau Panjang on 27 October 2026 over a seizure at a courier outlet: 3 kg of cannabis, 56 g of flowers and 10 boxes of cannabis-oil vapes. A Camry was seized and he was held under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act.
Arrested 1Cannabis 3.1 kg
On 27 October 2026 criminal police searched five addresses in the Rhein-Sieg district and found about 900 early-stage cannabis plants in three converted cellar rooms of a house in Troisdorf-Spich. Three suspects aged 42 to 49 were photographed and released while inquiries continued.
Plants destroyed 900
A 20-year-old Spanish man was sentenced on 27 October 2026 to one year's imprisonment with immediate custody, a five-year ban from France and a 53,610 euro customs fine after Fréjus customs found 5.35 kg of cannabis herb and 10 g of resin in his hire car at Vidauban Sud on 24 October.
Arrested 1Cannabis 5.4 kgPrison 1 yearFine EUR 53,610
The Interior Ministry's deputy minister for counter-narcotics said the ministry had carried out more than 8,000 operations against drug suspects in 2026 and arrested more than 10,000 people. He also claimed 4,300 operations to round up addicts and 12,500 operations to destroy poppy fields.
Crime Intelligence and Paarl police raided a house in Lemoenkloof on 27 October, finding a cannabis cultivation lab with plants, products, magic mushrooms and growing equipment. Two men and a woman were arrested for dealing and were due in court on 29 October.
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Kaup police arrested Areef, 38, and Akeef, 34, for allegedly selling ganja to tourists at Yardi Beach in Uliyargoli village on 27 October 2026, seizing 5.71 kg of ganja worth Rs 2.85 lakh plus Rs 225 cash and two mobile phones. Circle Inspector Azmath Ali acted on specific information.
Arrested 2Cannabis 5.7 kg
Nepal's Narcotics Control Bureau arrested two women from Gujarat at Tribhuvan International Airport on 27 October 2026 with 14 kg of Thai ganja. They had flown in from Thailand via Malaysia on Batik Air flight OD-182.
Arrested 2Cannabis 14 kg
A joint police and PDEA team destroyed 1,200 marijuana plants and 400 seedlings worth P256,000 at Sitio Taba-ao in Kibungan on 26 October 2026. The operation was part of Oplan Grass Cutter.
Plants destroyed 1,200
A joint force led by Yonif 734/SNS with five task forces, military intelligence and Air Force security swept community plantation land at Kampung Sinimbuk, Serambakon, in October 2026. They found and uprooted 1,657 harvest-ready cannabis stems to keep them from being harvested and misused.
Plants destroyed 1,657
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