{"version":1,"id":"bw","name":"Botswana","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/bw/","count":1,"totals":{"reports":1,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":1,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-04-17","reports":[{"id":"botswana-gantsi-cannabis-farm-2026","code":"CET-8TC3BJ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/botswana-gantsi-cannabis-farm-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8TC3BJ/","date":"2026-04-17","country":"bw","country_name":"Botswana","place":null,"coordinates":[-22.166,23.809],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Police charge a Zimbabwean man over a 500 kg cannabis farm","summary":"Clifford Nkomo, 51, was arrested at a farm in Gantsi and charged with unlawful possession and unlawful cultivation after police reported about 500 kg of cannabis worth P250,000, plus about 1 kg in sachets. He was remanded to 27 April 2026.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"botswana-gantsi-cannabis-farm-2026","sources":[{"title":"Zimbabwean man arrested in Botswana over large-scale cannabis farm (17 April 2026)","url":"https://www.newzimbabwe.com/zimbabwean-man-arrested-in-botswana-over-large-scale-cannabis-farm/","publisher":"NewZimbabwe","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}