{"version":1,"id":"bt","name":"Bhutan","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/bt/","count":4,"totals":{"reports":4,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":1,"seizure":1,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":0,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-09-14","reports":[{"id":"bhutan-drukair-cannabis-2026","code":"CET-2HVYDY","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bhutan-drukair-cannabis-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2HVYDY/","date":"2026-09-14","country":"bt","country_name":"Bhutan","place":null,"coordinates":[27.412,90.402],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Drukair employee arrested with 22 kg of cannabis","summary":"Police arrested a Drukair employee in his forties on 14 September 2026 over an attempt to smuggle 22.34 kg of cannabis. The case was reported in October and was one of several large airport and parcel seizures that year. It was an enforcement case, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bhutan-drukair-cannabis-2026","sources":[{"title":"Police investigate Drukair staff in 22.34kg cannabis smuggling case (23 October 2026)","url":"https://kuenselonline.com/news/police-investigate-drukair-staff-in-2234kg-cannabis-smuggling-case","publisher":"Kuensel","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bhutan-parcel-cannabis-seizure-2026","code":"CET-TZKT4P","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bhutan-parcel-cannabis-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TZKT4P/","date":"2026-02-25","country":"bt","country_name":"Bhutan","place":null,"coordinates":[27.412,90.402],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bhutan seizes 28.5 kg of cannabis in postal parcels","summary":"Police arrested three people after finding 28.51 kg of cannabis in two parcels: 12.91 kg in bean cans at Bhutan Post and 15.6 kg in an air compressor. Further Bangkok consignments brought the total to more than 33 kg by early March, with four Bhutanese and two Indian nationals arrested. The case was an enforcement event, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bhutan-parcel-cannabis-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"RBP arrests three, seizes over 28 kg cannabis (28 February 2026)","url":"https://thebhutanese.bt/rbp-arrests-three-seizes-over-28-kg-cannabis/","publisher":"The Bhutanese","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Bangkok cannabis consignments (6 March 2026)","url":"https://www.bbs.bt/239342/","publisher":"BBS","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bhutan-paro-airport-cannabis-sentences-2025","code":"CET-61AWD0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bhutan-paro-airport-cannabis-sentences-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/61AWD0/","date":"2025-10-13","country":"bt","country_name":"Bhutan","place":null,"coordinates":[27.412,90.402],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Paro court jails airport cannabis smugglers for five to six years","summary":"In August 2025 the Paro District Court sentenced a 33-year-old Indian national to six years for bringing more than 7 kg of cannabis through Paro airport from Bangkok. In October it sentenced three Indian nationals to between five years and five years and six months for a separate haul of more than 7 kg on the same route.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bhutan-paro-airport-cannabis-sentences-2025","sources":[{"title":"Paro District Court convicts Indian national for illicit cannabis trafficking (12 August 2025)","url":"https://www.bbs.bt/232465/","publisher":"BBS","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Paro District Court sentences three Indian nationals to over five years for smuggling cannabis (14 October 2025)","url":"https://www.bbs.bt/234413/","publisher":"BBS","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bhutan-cannabis-uprooting-2025","code":"CET-CCQ38V","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bhutan-cannabis-uprooting-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CCQ38V/","date":"2025-05-24","country":"bt","country_name":"Bhutan","place":null,"coordinates":[27.412,90.402],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Bhutan uproots wild cannabis nationwide","summary":"The Royal Bhutan Police began a nationwide cannabis uprooting campaign across all twenty dzongkhags in May 2025, starting with Thimphu. The force reported 13.15 kg of cannabis leaves, 1.26 kg of hashish and 337 plants seized in 2024, and 225 cannabis-abuse cases against 197 in 2023. The campaign was enforcement, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bhutan-cannabis-uprooting-2025","sources":[{"title":"RBP initiates nationwide cannabis uprooting campaign to curb substance use (24 May 2025)","url":"https://thebhutanese.bt/rbp-initiates-nationwide-cannabis-uprooting-campaign-to-curb-substance-use/","publisher":"The Bhutanese","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}