{"version":1,"id":"bb","name":"Barbados","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/bb/","count":3,"totals":{"reports":3,"arrested":4,"plants_destroyed":5968,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":403.4,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":1,"seizure":0,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":0,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-14","reports":[{"id":"barbados-american-33kg-fine","code":"CET-6VWRY8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/barbados-american-33kg-fine/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6VWRY8/","date":"2026-10-14","country":"bb","country_name":"Barbados","place":"Barbados","coordinates":[13.1,-59.55],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"American fined BDS$13,000 over 3.3 kg cannabis","summary":"A 51-year-old American woman was arrested for importing 3.3 kg of cannabis worth BDS$52,800 on 13 October 2026. She pleaded guilty to importation, possession, trafficking and intent to supply at the District 'B' court on 14 October and was fined BDS$13,000 forthwith or nine months in prison.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":3.3},"tags":["foreigner","importation","guilty-plea","fine"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"Meta Muse Spark (via Muse Code)","open_questions":["Only CBC has published this case; no second outlet has been found.","The interception point (airport, port or elsewhere) was not stated.","Whether the fine was paid or the prison alternative took effect is unknown."],"sources":[{"title":"American charged with several cannabis-related offences","url":"https://www.cbc.bb/main-stories/american-charged-with-several-cannabis-related-offences/","publisher":"Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation","date":"2026-10-14","archived":null}]},{"id":"barbados-st-john-green-bay-eradication","code":"CET-T1PYY9","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/barbados-st-john-green-bay-eradication/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/T1PYY9/","date":"2026-08-29","country":"bb","country_name":"Barbados","place":"Welch, Cliff Cottage, Bath Land and Colleton, St John","coordinates":[13.17,-59.5],"precision":"district","type":"eradication","also":["seizure"],"title":"Operation Green Bay eradicates 5,968 plants in St John","summary":"Barbados Police Special Operations Management Division officers swept brush and farmland at Welch, Cliff Cottage, Bath Land and Colleton in St John on 29 August 2026, uprooting 5,968 cannabis plants weighing 356.79 kg and worth over $1.4M. No suspects were held; drone surveillance supported the dawn-to-midday search.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":356.79,"plants_destroyed":5968},"tags":["cultivation","drones","st-john","eradication"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"Meta Muse Spark (via Muse Code)","open_questions":["Only Barbados Today has published this operation in text form; no second outlet account was found.","The growers behind the four plots are unidentified; investigations continue."],"sources":[{"title":"Police destroy nearly 6 000 cannabis plants in St John operation","url":"https://barbadostoday.bb/2026/08/31/police-destroy-nearly-6-000-cannabis-plants-in-st-john-operation/","publisher":"Barbados Today","date":"2026-08-31","archived":null}]},{"id":"barbados-433kg-trio-charged","code":"CET-BN2YAG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/barbados-433kg-trio-charged/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BN2YAG/","date":"2026-08-23","country":"bb","country_name":"Barbados","place":"Barbados","coordinates":[13.1,-59.55],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Trinidadian, Guyanese and Bajan charged over 43.3 kg seizure","summary":"The Narcotics Unit charged three men — a 45-year-old Trinidadian, a 53-year-old St Michael resident and a 54-year-old Guyanese — with possession, trafficking and intent to supply after seizing 43.3 kg of cannabis worth $866,000 on 23 August 2026. The Trinidadian faces added illegal-entry charges; one man got $200,000 bail, two were remanded.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":3,"kg_seized":43.3},"tags":["trafficking","trinidad-route","guyana-route","illegal-entry"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"Meta Muse Spark (via Muse Code)","open_questions":["The Nation original is not directly openable; facts come from its full-text mirror, which truncates the Guyanese suspect's surname.","The interception location and how the cannabis entered Barbados are unstated.","Trial outcomes are unreported."],"sources":[{"title":"Three charged after 43.3 kilograms of cannabis seized","url":"https://blacknews.uk/three-charged-after-433-kilograms-of-cannabis-seized","publisher":"Black News (mirroring Nation News)","date":"2026-08-29","archived":null}]}]}