{"version":1,"id":"bh","name":"Bahrain","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/bh/","count":9,"totals":{"reports":9,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":3,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":6,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-04-11","reports":[{"id":"bahrain-iran-cannabis-seizure-2026","code":"CET-3FDS67","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-iran-cannabis-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/3FDS67/","date":"2026-04-11","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bahrain seizes more than 100 kg of cannabis from Iran","summary":"The Interior Ministry said on 11 April 2026 that anti-narcotics officers had seized more than 100 kg of marijuana and hashish worth about BHD1.5 million and arrested three men. The drugs came from Iran through dead drops and were moved in two boats; cash, smuggling equipment and the boats were seized, and the case went to the Public Prosecution.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-iran-cannabis-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"WATCH: Three arrested over sale and trafficking of drugs worth BD1.5m","url":"https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1381173/Three-men-arrested-after-BD15-million-drugs-raid","publisher":"Gulf Daily News","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Bahraini police thwart drug smuggling attempt worth 4 million dollars","url":"https://timeskuwait.com/bahraini-police-thwart-drug-smuggling-attempt-worth-4-million-dollars/","publisher":"Times Kuwait","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-home-cultivation-appeal-2026","code":"CET-A0KYPB","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-home-cultivation-appeal-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/A0KYPB/","date":"2026-01-24","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Bahrain appeal court cuts a cannabis-seed sentence to ten years","summary":"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…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","home-growing","seeds"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-home-cultivation-appeal-2026","sources":[{"title":"Appeal panel reduces sentence in Bahrain drug cultivation case","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/125641.html","publisher":"The Daily Tribune","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"narcotics law","url":"https://www.lloc.gov.bh/Legislation/HTM/K1507","publisher":"Bahrain Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"original narcotics law and schedules","url":"https://www.lloc.gov.bh/PDF/K1507.pdf","publisher":"Bahrain Official Gazette","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"2016 addition of synthetic cannabinoids to controlled drugs","url":"https://www.lloc.gov.bh/Legislation/HTM/RCAB3916","publisher":"Bahrain","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Ex-flight attendant jailed for growing marijuana at home","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/50376.html","publisher":"The Daily Tribune","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-hashish-network-2025","code":"CET-VGBRTG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-hashish-network-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VGBRTG/","date":"2025-11-20","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Bahrain upholds life for a 350 kg hashish network","summary":"The High Criminal Court in November 2025 rejected a challenge to a life sentence for a man convicted in a network that brought about 350 kg of hashish into Bahrain by sea between 2021 and 2023. Six other defendants, including a woman, were named in the case; the court treated the challenge to an in-absentia judgment as having no legal basis.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-hashish-network-2025","sources":[{"title":"Appeal rejected in 350kg hashish smuggling case","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/en/article/appeal-rejected-in-350kg-hashish-smuggling-case-wk_post-122159","publisher":"News of Bahrain","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-cbd-vape-ruling-2025","code":"CET-BRZKA3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-cbd-vape-ruling-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BRZKA3/","date":"2025-10-21","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Bahrain's top court upholds a 10-year sentence for CBD vapes","summary":"The Court of Cassation in October 2025 upheld a 10-year prison sentence and BHD5,000 fine for a man convicted over electronic shishas containing cannabis after customs officers at the King Fahd Causeway found the devices and containers holding suspected CBD. Two co-defendants received one year and BHD1,000 each. The case began in 2024 and the suspected CBD liquid was prosecuted as cannabis.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-cbd-vape-ruling-2025","sources":[{"title":"10-year jail term upheld in 'e-shisha drug' case","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/120664.html","publisher":"News of Bahrain","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-adliya-cannabis-farm-2025","code":"CET-WSD0DQ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-adliya-cannabis-farm-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/WSD0DQ/","date":"2025-08-02","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bahrain keeps life terms for a six-year cannabis farm","summary":"The High Criminal Appeals Court on 2 August 2025 upheld life sentences for the first two defendants in a cannabis-growing operation run from a rented villa in Adliya, and cut the third defendant's life term to 15 years; a fourth received 10 years and a fifth one year.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-adliya-cannabis-farm-2025","sources":[{"title":"Three sentenced to life in 'cannabis farm' case","url":"https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1354245","publisher":"Gulf Daily News","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Appeals Court Jails Five for Running Secret Marijuana Farm in Bahrain","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/116596.html","publisher":"News of Bahrain","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Five drug dealers arrested","url":"https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1349806","publisher":"Gulf Daily News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-hashish-fabric-2024","code":"CET-E9HZ1K","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-hashish-fabric-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/E9HZ1K/","date":"2024-08-27","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bahrain finds hashish soaked into posted fabric","summary":"Police arrested a 32-year-old baker at his home on 27 August 2024 after a parcel of fabric soaked in hashish arrived in Bahrain by post. Officers found bags bearing traces of cannabis, BHD1,516.925 and SAR635 in cash; prosecutors said he was part of a wider group using concealed shipments. The case was before the courts in April 2025, with a verdict expected on 29 April.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-hashish-fabric-2024","sources":[{"title":"Baker accused of smuggling hashish-soaked fabric via post","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/111313.html","publisher":"News of Bahrain","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-hashish-death-sentence-2022","code":"CET-NEVFEP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-hashish-death-sentence-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NEVFEP/","date":"2022-07-19","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Bahrain sentences a hashish smuggler to death over 50 kg from Iran","summary":"The High Criminal Court sentenced a Bahraini man to death on 19 July 2022 for importing and possessing 50 kg of hashish with intent to distribute; prosecutors said the shipment came from Iran and the intelligence dated from March. On appeal the sentence became life imprisonment, and the Court of Cassation upheld the life term on 24 July 2023.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-hashish-death-sentence-2022","sources":[{"title":"Bahraini gets death sentence for drug trafficking","url":"https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1127758","publisher":"Gulf Daily News","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Drugs smuggler loses plea against life term","url":"https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1287229/Drugs-smuggler-loses-plea-against-life-term-","publisher":"Gulf Daily News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-home-growing-sentence-2019","code":"CET-157V2W","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-home-growing-sentence-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/157V2W/","date":"2019-01-19","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Bahrain jails a home cannabis grower and acquits him of selling","summary":"A 56-year-old former flight attendant received three years in prison and a 1,000-dinar fine after convictions involving growing cannabis at home and unlawful possession of a weapon and ammunition, The Daily Tribune reported.[@1] Police had raided his home after a tip-off; he said he grew for himself and learned online.[@1] The court acquitted him of selling because the evidence was…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","home-growing","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-home-growing-sentence-2019","sources":[{"title":"Ex-flight attendant jailed for growing marijuana at home","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/50376.html","publisher":"The Daily Tribune","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"narcotics law","url":"https://www.lloc.gov.bh/Legislation/HTM/K1507","publisher":"Bahrain Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"capital drug penalties introduced in 1984","url":"https://www.lloc.gov.bh/Legislation/HTM/L1084","publisher":"Bahrain","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"original narcotics law and schedules","url":"https://www.lloc.gov.bh/PDF/K1507.pdf","publisher":"Bahrain Official Gazette","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Appeal panel reduces sentence in Bahrain drug cultivation case","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/125641.html","publisher":"The Daily Tribune","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-first-drug-death-sentences-2018","code":"CET-GBD4M0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-first-drug-death-sentences-2018/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GBD4M0/","date":"2018-12-31","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Bahrain hands down its first death sentences for hashish trafficking","summary":"On 31 December 2018 the First High Criminal Court sentenced two of seven defendants to death for possessing, cultivating, smuggling and dealing in drugs; more than 18.5 kg of hashish was involved, and each was fined BHD10,000. It was the first time Bahraini courts imposed death for a non-lethal drug offence.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-first-drug-death-sentences-2018","sources":[{"title":"'The Court is Satisfied with the Confession': Bahrain Death Sentences Follow Torture, Sham Trials","url":"https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/10/10/court-satisfied-confession/bahrain-death-sentences-follow-torture-sham-trials","publisher":"Human Rights Watch","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Bahrain: Court hands down death sentences to duo convicted of selling narcotics","url":"https://www.handsoffcain.info/notizia/bahrain-court-hands-down-death-sentences-to-duo-convicted-of-selling-narcotics-40300162","publisher":"Hands Off Cain","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"From uprising to executions","url":"https://birdbh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Reprieve_BahrainDeathPenalty_23.07.2021_.pdf","publisher":"Reprieve and Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}