{"version":1,"id":"bn","name":"Brunei","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/bn/","count":5,"totals":{"reports":5,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":1,"raid":0,"arrest":3,"prosecution":0,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-06-27","reports":[{"id":"brunei-cannabis-death-charge-reduced-2026","code":"CET-A2B11A","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/brunei-cannabis-death-charge-reduced-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/A2B11A/","date":"2026-06-27","country":"bn","country_name":"Brunei","place":null,"coordinates":[4.52,114.722],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Brunei drops a capital cannabis charge and jails the man for nearly six years","summary":"A man arrested in January 2016 with 756.33 g of cannabis had faced a trafficking charge that carried the death penalty. In June 2026 prosecutors replaced it with two charges of possession for trafficking, covering 200 g of cannabis and 84.17 g of cannabis mixture, and he pleaded guilty.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"brunei-cannabis-death-charge-reduced-2026","sources":[{"title":"Public Prosecutor v Lim Yen Sheng @ Muhammad Benny Ar-Rayyan bin Abdullah, HCCT 6/2019 (27 June 2026)","url":"https://www.judiciary.gov.bn/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/sentencing_HCCT_6_2019.pdf","publisher":"Brunei Judiciary","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"brunei-499g-import-2026","code":"CET-D1MKEN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/brunei-499g-import-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/D1MKEN/","date":"2026-01-28","country":"bn","country_name":"Brunei","place":null,"coordinates":[4.52,114.722],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Brunei keeps a 499-gram cannabis importer behind bars","summary":"The High Court refused bail to a man charged with importing 499.89 g of cannabis at Sungai Tujoh on 1 January 2024. Because the amount was just under the 500 g death threshold, the charge was amended to the 330–500 g band, carrying twenty to thirty years and fifteen strokes. He had been in remand for nearly two years.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"brunei-499g-import-2026","sources":[{"title":"Bail ruling in HCCT 13/2025 (28 January 2026)","url":"https://www.judiciary.gov.bn/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ruling_HCCT_13_2025.pdf","publisher":"Brunei Judiciary","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"brunei-cannabis-couriers-2025","code":"CET-DMAVFZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/brunei-cannabis-couriers-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/DMAVFZ/","date":"2025-06-19","country":"bn","country_name":"Brunei","place":null,"coordinates":[4.52,114.722],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Brunei arrests five cannabis couriers who flew to Europe","summary":"Five Bruneian men aged 22 to 38 were arrested for carrying 68 kg of cannabis to Europe through third countries, earning about B$21,000. They used modified luggage, and the case showed Brunei acting as a courier source rather than only a consumer market. The arrests were an enforcement action, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"brunei-cannabis-couriers-2025","sources":[{"title":"Five Bruneians arrested for role in international drug syndicate (19 June 2025)","url":"https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2025/06/19/five-bruneians-arrested-for-role-in-international-drug-syndicate","publisher":"The Star","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"brunei-drug-arrests-2024","code":"CET-TPVYNQ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/brunei-drug-arrests-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TPVYNQ/","date":"2025-04-14","country":"bn","country_name":"Brunei","place":null,"coordinates":[4.52,114.722],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Brunei records 777 drug arrests as meth seizures surge","summary":"Brunei recorded 777 drug arrests in 2024, up from 711 in 2023; 641 were men, 136 women, and 645 were locals. Methamphetamine seizures rose above 40 kg, while UNODC recorded 2.6 kg of herbal cannabis seized against 6.3 kg in 2023. No cannabis-specific arrest count was published.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"brunei-drug-arrests-2024","sources":[{"title":"Brunei reports 777 drug arrests in 2024 (15 April 2025)","url":"https://english.news.cn/20250415/bc1a2906564245bf985e4161cbe14760/c.html","publisher":"Xinhua","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Drug seizures","url":"https://data.unodc.org/datareport/drug-seizure","publisher":"UNODC Data Portal","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"brunei-tutong-drug-sweep-2024","code":"CET-GGRRT6","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/brunei-tutong-drug-sweep-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GGRRT6/","date":"2024-06-19","country":"bn","country_name":"Brunei","place":null,"coordinates":[4.52,114.722],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Brunei arrests 27 in a Tutong drug sweep","summary":"Police arrested 27 people in Operasi Ursa Heal in Tutong on 16 and 19 June 2024, seizing 75.29 g of syabu and 37.21 g of cannabis. The operation was one of the year's street-level enforcement actions and did not change the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"brunei-tutong-drug-sweep-2024","sources":[{"title":"Operasi Ursa Heal","url":"https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%27Operasi+Ursa+Heal%27.-a0799134441","publisher":"RTB via the Free Library","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}