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He was to be handed over to the detention supervisor with criminal charges the same day.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":0.98},"details":{"agencies":["Drug Crime Service of the Split-Dalmatia Police Department"],"agency_types":["police","anti-narcotics"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":0.98}],"setting":["home"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact","region":"Split-Dalmatia County"},"data_sources":{"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[2],"figures.kg_seized":[1]},"tags":["marina","split-dalmatia","trogir","marijuana","arrest"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.portal.hr/en/trogir/vijesti/115613-marina-policija-52-godisnjeeg-nizozemca-pronasla-gotovo","media_url":"https://www.portal.hr/media/plg_jspeed/cache/images/marihuana_64b8455e5739e19d8eb80dcb8edc35a5b5a131bb_4x.webp","publisher":"Portal.hr","caption":"Police handout photo published with the report on the Marina search and the 980-gram marijuana seizure. 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that figure is an official estimate, not a sale price.","The suspect’s name was not published; only his age and Croatian citizenship were given."],"sources":[{"title":"Kod Kutine zaplijenjeni marihuana, oprema za uzgoj i kalašnjikov","url":"https://vijesti.hrt.hr/hrvatska/kod-kutine-zaplijenjeni-marihuana-oprema-za-uzgoj-i-kalasnjikov-12970717","publisher":"HRT","date":"2026-10-22","archived":null},{"title":"Nakon pretresa tri imanja, šef krim-policije poručio da neće mirno spavati","url":"https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/crna-kronika/nakon-pretresa-tri-imanja-i-ciscenja-sef-krim-policije-porucio-necete-mirno-spavati-15758380","publisher":"Jutarnji list","date":"2026-10-22","archived":null}]},{"id":"vrgorac-a1-138kg-cannabis-stop","code":"CET-6WP7BG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/vrgorac-a1-138kg-cannabis-stop/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6WP7BG/","date":"2026-09-22","added_at":"2026-10-30T13:12:03.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:31:22.000Z","country":"hr","country_name":"Croatia","place":"A1 motorway near Vrgorac","coordinates":[43.193,17.393],"precision":"region","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Border police seize 13.8 kg of cannabis on the A1 near Vrgorac","summary":"On the afternoon of 22 September 2026 Split-Dalmatia border police stopped a 26-year-old driver on the A1 near Vrgorac, searched two sports bags in the boot and seized 20 packages weighing 13 kg 848 g of cannabis intended for unauthorised resale; 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the search date is fixed but the cultivation timeline is not.","Cash suspected to come from sales was seized; the amount was not stated.","No usable direct photo URL was recovered from the opened police gallery links."],"sources":[{"title":"VIDEO: U kući na području Dugog Sela pronađena dva u potpunosti opremljena laboratorija sa 132 stabljike marihuane","url":"https://zagrebacka-policija.gov.hr/vijesti/video-u-kuci-na-podrucju-dugog-sela-pronadjena-dva-u-potpunosti-opremljena-laboratorija-sa-132-stabljike-marihuane/102344","publisher":"Zagreb County Police","date":"2025-10-01","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260420055514/https://zagrebacka-policija.gov.hr/vijesti/video-u-kuci-na-podrucju-dugog-sela-pronadjena-dva-u-potpunosti-opremljena-laboratorija-sa-132-stabljike-marihuane/102344"},{"title":"Zagrebački kriminalisti došli do velikog otkrića na području Dugog Sela, objavili i video: 'Našli smo dva laboratorija'","url":"https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/crna-kronika/zagrebacki-kriminalisti-dosli-do-velikog-otkrica-na-podrucju-dugog-sela-objavili-i-video-nasli-smo-dva-laboratorija-15627949","publisher":"Jutarnji list","date":"2025-10-01","archived":null}]},{"id":"liburnija-149-cannabis-plants","code":"CET-TTCJY1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/liburnija-149-cannabis-plants/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TTCJY1/","date":"2025-05-14","added_at":"2026-10-30T13:46:11.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"hr","country_name":"Croatia","place":"Liburnija, Primorje-Gorski Kotar","coordinates":[45.3272,14.3022],"precision":"district","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Four men jailed after 149 cannabis plants seized in Liburnija","summary":"Primorje-Gorski Kotar drug police searched four men aged 44 to 60 across Liburnija on 14 May 2025, seizing 149 cannabis plants and about 7.3 kilograms of marijuana; 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Nine suspects were arrested across four European countries in the joint action against the Balkan cartel network.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":9,"kg_seized":150},"details":{"agencies":["int-europol","us-dea"],"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":150}],"activity":["smuggling","trafficking"],"setting":["port"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.date_precision":[1],"details.products":[2,1],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[2,1]},"tags":["croatia","rijeka","balkan-cartel","operation-nana"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["Europol reports nine arrests while the contemporaneous police account reports eight, so whether a ninth arrest followed is unresolved.","Europol describes the 150 kg of marijuana as aboard the Rijeka container while the Interior Ministry account describes it as seized earlier in the same operation, leaving its exact seizure timing unclear.","No names, ages or other identifying details for the arrested suspects were published in the opened sources.","No charges, custody decisions or court outcomes were reported.","The more than 100 kg of cocaine and 69,000 cigarette packets are mentioned only to explain the mixed case and are excluded from cannabis figures.","The Europol gallery images carry only file names with no descriptive captions and the Dnevnik images are marked as illustrations, so no verifiable event photo is linked."],"sources":[{"title":"100kg of cocaine and 150kg of marijuana seized in major international operation dismantling Balkan cartel","url":"https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/100kg-of-cocaine-and-150kg-of-marijuana-seized-in-major-international-operation-dismantling-balkan-cartel","publisher":"Europol","date":"2018-03-08","archived":null},{"title":"Croatian police seize 100 kilo of cocaine","url":"http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/09/c_137025785.htm","publisher":"Xinhua","date":"2018-03-09","archived":null}]}]}