INTERPOL
International · Police · 17 reports
- People arrested
- 9,829
- Plants destroyed
- 5,304
- Cannabis seized
- 178.018 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
Fugitive sentenced to six years over marijuana trafficking arrested in Mostar
Police in Mostar arrested Adis Abaz on 5 November 2026 on the order of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which had sentenced him to six years in prison for organised crime tied to marijuana and amphetamine trafficking. He had not been serving the sentence and, according to unofficial reports, was living in Mostar under a false name.
Arrested 1Prison 6 yearsProsecution appeal in 305 g cannabis case stalled over unserved notice
Malaysia's prosecution has yet to physically serve its appeal notice on Muhammed Yusoff Rawther, acquitted in June 2025 of trafficking 305 g of cannabis, because he is in the United Kingdom and could not be traced. The Court of Appeal in Putrajaya set 3 February 2027 for further case management after refusing online proceedings.
Charged 1Cannabis 305 g1 Kyrgyz citizen extradited from US over postal marijuana ring
A Kyrgyz citizen accused of buying marijuana buds and psychotropic substances in the US and mailing them to Kyrgyzstan in parcels was extradited from the US with DEA and Interpol help. Police say accomplices distributed the drugs in Bishkek and Chui region; no amounts or full identity were disclosed and the investigation continues.
Arrested 1British 19-year-old held at Larnaca with 28 kg of cannabis
A 19-year-old British passport holder was arrested at Larnaca airport on the morning of 23 October 2026 after customs and the anti-drugs unit found 26 packages holding about 28 kg of cannabis in two of his suitcases. He had flown in from Thailand via Dubai and was due in court for a remand order.
Arrested 1Cannabis 28 kg42 detained in Istanbul-led crackdown on 10-tonne drug network
Turkish police detained 42 suspects on 13 October 2026 in an Istanbul-centred operation across 13 provinces against an international network tied to 10.1 tonnes of heroin, cannabis and cocaine, seizing assets worth 7.65 billion liras.
Arrested 42490 arrested as ATLAS NEXUS seizes 118.6 tonnes of cannabis
Operation ATLAS NEXUS, led by Belgium's Federal Police and co-coordinated by Frontex, EMPACT and CARICOM IMPACS across 34 countries, ended with more than 490 arrests and the seizure of 118.6 tonnes of cannabis among 156.9 tonnes of drugs. National operations included a record 104.96 tonnes of cannabis in Paraguay and 3.2 tonnes in Costa Rica.
Arrested 490Cannabis 118.6 tAlbanian, 31, extradited over 1,640-plant Lezha cannabis operation
Albanian police said 31-year-old Megiljan Deda was arrested in Montenegro and extradited to Albania on 19 December 2025 to face a Lezha cultivation charge from the April Operation Vacuum. That operation uncovered 1,640 cannabis plants in two villages and seized about 34 kg of cannabis in Balldre.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 1,640Cannabis 34 kg38.5 tonnes of cannabis seized in Interpol Orca XI operation
Interpol's six-week Operation Orca XI across 19 Latin American and Caribbean countries seized 38.5 tonnes of marijuana alongside other drugs and 3,308 illegal firearms, with more than 8,700 people detained. The marijuana was part of multi-drug seizures reported in 10 participating countries between 15 October and 30 November 2025.
Arrested 8,700Cannabis 38.5 t15 kg of marijuana seized in a car search during Operation Neptune VII
A vehicle search during INTERPOL's Operation Neptune VII border checks in Montenegro led to the seizure of 15 kg of marijuana. The operation ran from July to September 2025 at air, sea and land borders in 20 countries, where officers found 220 kg of marijuana in total.
Cannabis 15 kg2.5 tonnes of cannabis seized in Caribbean Trigger VII operation
Operation Trigger VII, a joint INTERPOL and CARICOM IMPACS firearms operation across 19 Caribbean countries on 24-30 September 2022, seized 2.5 tonnes of cannabis and led to 510 arrests. Strands included 500 kg seized in Jamaica, 1.8 tonnes and 17 arrests in Curaçao, and 3,664 cannabis plants destroyed in Barbados.
Arrested 510Plants destroyed 3,664Cannabis 2.5 tRecord 17 tonnes of cannabis resin seized in Niamey warehouses
Niger's anti-drug police seized a record 17 tonnes of cannabis resin from warehouses in Niamey on 2 March 2021. The resin had come from Lebanon via the Togolese port of Lomé and was bound for Libya; thirteen suspects were arrested in Niamey and Agadez.
Arrested 13Cannabis 17 tInterpol's Usalama operation destroys 30 acres of cannabis in Busia
Uganda's joint Interpol operation Usalama, run from 30 October to 4 November 2019, destroyed 33 cannabis gardens covering about 30 acres in Busia District and netted 21 narcotics arrests, including growers and traffickers.
Arrested 21Area 12.1 haCannabis 10 kgEcuador jails three over 579 kg of marijuana in bus crash that killed 24
An Ecuadorian court in July 2019 sentenced three survivors of the crashed 'narcobús' to prison, including the driver at 17 years and four months, and acquitted a fourth defendant. The bus, which left Cali for Peru, was carrying 579.119 kg of marijuana when it crashed near Quito in August 2018; by August 2019, 16 people had been arrested and eight convicted in Ecuador and Colombia.
Arrested 16Cannabis 579.119 kgPrison 17 years 4 monthsFine USD 23,640Uganda police destroy 55 acres of cannabis in Interpol's Operation Usalama III
Ugandan police destroyed 55 acres of cannabis plants during the two-day regional Operation Usalama III on 29 and 30 June 2016, run with EAPCCO, SARPCCO and Interpol across 22 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Area 22.3 ha14 arrested as INTERPOL Balkan Trigger seizes 52 kg marijuana
INTERPOL-led Operation Balkan Trigger deployed 5,000 officers across six Western Balkan countries on 17-19 April 2016 and arrested 14 people. Alongside firearms, explosives and ammunition, police recovered 52 kg of marijuana plus gold, cash and a stolen car.
Arrested 14Cannabis 52 kgFour-acre 'wee' farm burned; 18 arrested in Tain saga
Brong-Ahafo police burned a four-acre 'wee' farm at Ahiamankyene in May 2007 and hunted its suspected owner, known as Lexis. Follow-up searches brought the connected arrests to 18.
Arrested 18Area 1.6 haBriton held over 700 kg of hashish hidden in battery shipments
Anti-drug officers arrested 29-year-old Briton Joseph Henry B. in early 2003 for allegedly shipping hashish to England hidden in the bottom of containers of high-voltage batteries; they intercepted one shipment with 700 kilos and seized two stolen vehicles used to move the drugs from Morocco.
Arrested 1Cannabis 700 kg