{"version":1,"id":"ae","name":"United Arab Emirates","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/ae/","count":5,"totals":{"reports":5,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":1,"arrest":0,"prosecution":1,"sentence":3,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-06-16","reports":[{"id":"uae-marijuana-hash-oil-raid-2026","code":"CET-CMFQ3T","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/uae-marijuana-hash-oil-raid-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CMFQ3T/","date":"2026-06-16","country":"ae","country_name":"United Arab Emirates","place":null,"coordinates":[23.905,54.293],"precision":"country","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"UAE police seize marijuana and hash oil in a 23-person raid","summary":"The National Anti-Narcotics Authority and Ras Al Khaimah police arrested 23 people and seized marijuana, hash oil and synthetic cannabinoid materials in a nationwide operation. Two were arrested while transporting drugs, 11 more were linked to a ringleader based abroad, and 10 were held in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Ajman.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"uae-marijuana-hash-oil-raid-2026","sources":[{"title":"UAE foils drug trafficking plot, arrests 23 suspects (16 June 2026)","url":"https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/uae-foils-drug-trafficking-plot-arrests-23-suspects-1.500576534","publisher":"Gulf News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"uae-personal-use-reclassification-2025","code":"CET-Z6SCN7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/uae-personal-use-reclassification-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Z6SCN7/","date":"2025-12-15","country":"ae","country_name":"United Arab Emirates","place":null,"coordinates":[23.905,54.293],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Abu Dhabi appeal court cuts a cannabis life sentence to three months","summary":"Abu Dhabi's Court of Appeal overturned a life sentence for possessing cannabis and psychotropic substances with intent to traffic and reclassified the offence as possession for personal use. The court found no evidence of promotion, negotiation or delivery, and said the investigation did not explain why police had concluded he was trading.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"uae-personal-use-reclassification-2025","sources":[{"title":"Abu Dhabi court overturns life sentence, reduces drug charge to personal use (19 December 2025)","url":"https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/abu-dhabi-court-overturns-life-sentence-reduces-drug-charge-to-personal-use-1.500384862","publisher":"Gulf News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"uae-cannabis-extract-acquittal-2025","code":"CET-PE7SBS","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/uae-cannabis-extract-acquittal-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PE7SBS/","date":"2025-09-15","country":"ae","country_name":"United Arab Emirates","place":null,"coordinates":[23.905,54.293],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Dubai appeal court clears Filipina over cannabis extract","summary":"Dubai's Court of Appeal acquitted a 35-year-old Filipina who had been sentenced to 10 years and a AED 100,000 fine for bringing 20 grams of cannabis extract into the country. Customs found the extract in 20 vape cartridges hidden in pancake-mix packages at Terminal 3 on 15 December 2024.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"uae-cannabis-extract-acquittal-2025","sources":[{"title":"Filipina's 10-year drug sentence overturned in Dubai Court ruling (15 September 2025)","url":"https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/filipinas-10-year-drug-sentence-overturned-in-dubai-court-ruling-1.500269456","publisher":"Gulf News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"uae-cannabis-life-sentence-2024","code":"CET-8WXVX7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/uae-cannabis-life-sentence-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8WXVX7/","date":"2024-12-15","country":"ae","country_name":"United Arab Emirates","place":null,"coordinates":[23.905,54.293],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Dubai jails a cannabis supplier for life over 193 grams","summary":"Dubai's criminal court sentenced a 35-year-old Bangladeshi man to life in prison, 25 years under UAE law, for trafficking cannabis after police found 193.13 grams in his flat and WhatsApp messages about sales. He had been caught in a sting in Al Nahda after a Sudanese buyer led investigators to him.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"uae-cannabis-life-sentence-2024","sources":[{"title":"Dubai: Drug supplier sentenced to life in prison after chain of arrests (5 December 2024)","url":"https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/crime/dubai-drug-supplier-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-after-chain-of-arrests","publisher":"Khaleej Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"uae-speck-on-shoe-2010","code":"CET-BJK2RY","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/uae-speck-on-shoe-2010/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BJK2RY/","date":"2010-01-15","country":"ae","country_name":"United Arab Emirates","place":null,"coordinates":[23.905,54.293],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"A Briton gets four years in Dubai for a speck of cannabis on his shoe","summary":"Keith Brown, a youth worker from the English Midlands, was stopped in transit at Dubai airport in September 2009. Customs found 0.003 grams of cannabis, invisible to the eye, in the tread of his shoe. He was sentenced to four years, then the minimum for possession. Another traveller was reported jailed over three poppy seeds from a bread roll.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"uae-speck-on-shoe-2010","sources":[{"title":"Brit jailed in Dubai for 4 years for speck of marijuana on shoe (11 January 2010)","url":"https://newsone.com/409392/brit-jailed-in-dubai-for-4-years-for-speck-of-marijuana-on-shoe","publisher":"NewsOne, reposting the Daily Mail","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}