{"version":1,"id":"bi","name":"Burundi","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/bi/","count":1,"totals":{"reports":1,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":15000,"hectares":1.5,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":1,"seizure":0,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-09","reports":[{"id":"burundi-ruvubu-15000-plants","code":"CET-6R46E0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/burundi-ruvubu-15000-plants/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6R46E0/","date":"2026-10-09","added_at":"2026-11-01T22:03:28.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:31:22.000Z","country":"bi","country_name":"Burundi","place":"Ruvubu National Park, Gitega Province","coordinates":[-3.1376216,30.3881328],"precision":"region","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Police destroy 15,000 cannabis plants in Ruvubu National Park","summary":"Burundi police reported destroying a 1.5-hectare cannabis field with 15,000 plants in Ruvubu National Park during the 5–9 October 2026 USALAMA XII operation. The owner was not identified at the site, and police said a judicial investigation had opened.","status":"verified","figures":{"plants_destroyed":15000,"hectares":1.5},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"plants","plants":15000}],"activity":["cultivation"],"setting":["field"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.hectares":[1,2],"figures.plants_destroyed":[1,2]},"tags":["ruvubu-national-park","gitega","usalama-xii","cannabis-eradication"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"openai/gpt-6","open_questions":["The sources give the operation period as 5–9 October but do not state the field's exact destruction date.","The reports do not say whether anyone was arrested for cultivating this field or provide a later investigation outcome.","The reports do not publish a photo of the field; Iwacu's image shows the police official at the results briefing.","The map pin marks the OpenStreetMap centre of Ruvubu National Park; the reports do not identify a more precise site.","Iwacu and Indundi report the same police briefing rather than independent field observations."],"sources":[{"title":"Bujumbura-Burunga : Plus de 350 kg de cannabis saisis","url":"https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/bujumbura-burunga-plus-de-350-kg-de-cannabis-saisis/","publisher":"IWACU","date":"2026-10-24","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261024120743/https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/bujumbura-burunga-plus-de-350-kg-de-cannabis-saisis/"},{"title":"Burundi : deux enfants secourus et plus de 360 kg de cannabis saisis lors de l’opération Usalama XII","url":"https://indundi.com/burundi-deux-enfants-secourus-et-plus-de-360-kg-de-cannabis-saisis-lors-de-loperation-usalama-xii/","publisher":"Indundi Culture | Radio","date":"2026-10-23","archived":null}]}]}