{"version":1,"id":"is","name":"Iceland","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/is/","count":6,"totals":{"reports":6,"arrested":21,"plants_destroyed":701,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":29.5,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":2,"raid":4,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-09-23","reports":[{"id":"bolungarvik-dozens-cannabis-plants","code":"CET-6NEBR2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bolungarvik-dozens-cannabis-plants/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6NEBR2/","date":"2026-09-23","added_at":"2026-10-30T17:54:55.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"is","country_name":"Iceland","place":"Bolungarvík, Westfjords","coordinates":[66.158,-23.251],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Bolungarvík home search finds dozens of cannabis plants","summary":"On 23 September 2026, Westfjords police searched a home in Bolungarvík and seized dozens of fully grown cannabis plants and the growing equipment. The occupant was arrested, questioned and released. Police called the case solved.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"setting":["home"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.arrested":[1,2]},"tags":["iceland","westfjords","indoor"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"xai/grok-4.7","open_questions":["The count is \"dozens\" of plants. No exact number, weight or value was published.","The occupant was not named. He was released after questioning, and no charge or court date was reported.","Police said this was the third cannabis grow shut down in the Westfjords in 2026. Those earlier grows are separate events and are not described here.","Pictures published with the articles show Bolungarvík or are credited to AFP. They are not photographs of the plants seized in the house."],"sources":[{"title":"Fundu umfangsmikla kannabisrækt í Bolungarvík","url":"https://www.visir.is/g/20262939778d/fundu-um-fangs-mikla-kannabisraekt-i-bolungar-vik","publisher":"Vísir","date":"2026-09-25","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261003053549/https://www.visir.is/g/20262939778d/fundu-um-fangs-mikla-kannabisraekt-i-bolungar-vik"},{"title":"Third cannabis growing operation shut down","url":"https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2026/09/25/third_cannabis_growing_operation_shut_down/","publisher":"Iceland Monitor","date":"2026-09-25","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260926124602/https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2026/09/25/third_cannabis_growing_operation_shut_down/"}]},{"id":"iceland-southwest-three-grows-800-plants","code":"CET-QVNDY6","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/iceland-southwest-three-grows-800-plants/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QVNDY6/","date":"2026-07-06","added_at":"2026-10-30T17:54:55.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"is","country_name":"Iceland","place":"Southwest Iceland","coordinates":[64.147,-21.94],"precision":"region","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Eight arrested as Icelandic police stop three cannabis grows","summary":"By 6 July 2026, capital-area police had stopped three cannabis grows in southwest Iceland, seized just under 800 plants and arrested eight people after eight searches. Police said the cannabis was meant for sale. No charges or court outcome were given.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":8},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"plants"}],"activity":["sale"],"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],"figures.arrested":[1,2]},"tags":["iceland","indoor","capital-area"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"xai/grok-4.7","open_questions":["Police said the three grows were stopped \"recently\" and gave no separate date for each search; 6 July is the date of the statement.","The plant count is \"just under 800\". No weight, street value or split between the three sites was published.","Other drugs and cash were seized, without quantities. No one was named, and no charges or court outcome were reported.","The three sites are not named beyond southwest Iceland. Published pictures with the news were not of this seizure."],"sources":[{"title":"Umfangsmikil kannabisræktun - um 800 plöntur haldlagðar","url":"https://island.is/s/logreglan/frett/umfangsmikil-kannabisraektun-um-800-ploentur-haldlagdar","publisher":"Lögreglan","date":"2026-07-06","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260831075649/https://island.is/s/logreglan/frett/umfangsmikil-kannabisraektun-um-800-ploentur-haldlagdar"},{"title":"Framkvæmdi húsleitir og lagði hald á 800 plöntur","url":"https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2026/07/06/framkvaemdi_husleitir_og_lagdi_hald_a_800_plontur/","publisher":"Morgunblaðið","date":"2026-07-06","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260717070403/https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2026/07/06/framkvaemdi_husleitir_og_lagdi_hald_a_800_plontur/"}]},{"id":"hafnarfjordur-20kg-marijuana-seizure","code":"CET-GS2ZWP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/hafnarfjordur-20kg-marijuana-seizure/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GS2ZWP/","date":"2025-07-10","added_at":"2026-11-01T06:03:06.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"is","country_name":"Iceland","place":"Hafnarfjörður and Capital Region, Iceland","coordinates":[64.0671,-21.9377],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest","raid"],"title":"Capital Region police seize 20 kg of marijuana in import inquiry","summary":"In the week before 10 July 2025, Capital Region police arrested six people, searched seven premises and seized 20 kilograms of marijuana hidden in shipments, including at customs checks and an industrial building in Hafnarfjörður. Three suspects were held briefly in custody.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":6,"kg_seized":20},"details":{"agency_types":["customs","police"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":20}],"setting":["home"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.arrested":[1,2],"figures.kg_seized":[1,2]},"tags":["import","capital-region"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["Police gave no names, charges or court outcomes and said the import investigation was continuing.","The announcement did not date each of the seven house searches separately.","A police spokesperson told Vísir the case was unrelated to the widely reported Raufarhöfn drug inquiry."],"sources":[{"title":"Lögðu hald á 20 kíló af marijúana og handtóku sex","url":"https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-07-10-logdu-hald-a-20-kilo-af-marijuana-og-handtoku-sex-448171","publisher":"RÚV","date":"2025-07-10","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250719073942/https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-07-10-logdu-hald-a-20-kilo-af-marijuana-og-handtoku-sex-448171"},{"title":"Lagt hald á 20 kg af marijúana","url":"https://island.is/s/logreglan/frett/lagt-hald-a-20-kg-af-marijuana","publisher":"Lögreglan","date":"2025-07-10","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260902134611/https://island.is/s/logreglan/frett/lagt-hald-a-20-kg-af-marijuana"}]},{"id":"grenivik-cannabis-factory-second-raid-2017","code":"CET-BSXSM0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/grenivik-cannabis-factory-second-raid-2017/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BSXSM0/","date":"2017-03-04","added_at":"2026-11-11T02:10:34.723Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"is","country_name":"Iceland","place":"Grenivík","coordinates":[65.95,-18.55],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Second raid in a year finds 80-plant cannabis farm in Grenivík","summary":"Police raiding a remodelled house in the fishing town of Grenivík on 4 March 2017 found more than 50 mature cannabis plants, 30 smaller ones and 2 kg of dried marijuana, arresting one man who confessed the drugs were his. The same house had been raided for a larger growing operation in May 2016.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":2,"plants_destroyed":80},"details":{"agencies":["North Iceland Police"],"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"plants","plants":80},{"product":"flower","kg":2}],"activity":["cultivation","possession"],"setting":["home"],"environment":["indoor"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact","region":"North Iceland"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.date_precision":[1],"details.environment":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.region":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1],"figures.plants_destroyed":[1]},"tags":["grenivik","indoor-grow","repeat-raid"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The whole account rests on a single outlet's report; no second account was found.","The size of the May 2016 operation at the same address was reported only as larger, without figures.","No charge or court outcome for the arrested man was reported."],"sources":[{"title":"Police raids large cannabis factory in N. Iceland fishing village for 2nd time in 12 months","url":"https://icelandinsider.is/uncategorized/police-raids-large-cannabis-factory-in-n-iceland-fishing-village-for-2nd-time-in-12-months/","publisher":"Iceland Insider","date":"2017-03-05","archived":null}]},{"id":"kjalarnes-industrial-grow-2009","code":"CET-XEWXZP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kjalarnes-industrial-grow-2009/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XEWXZP/","date":"2009-03-18","added_at":"2026-10-31T18:22:38.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:20:48.000Z","country":"is","country_name":"Iceland","place":"Esjumelar, Kjalarnes peninsula, Capital Region","coordinates":[64.238,-21.745],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["seizure"],"title":"Capital Region Police seize 621 cannabis plants at Kjalarnes industrial site","summary":"Capital Region Police raided an industrial building at Esjumelar on Kjalarnes on the night of 18 March 2009, seizing 621 cannabis plants plus about 5 kg of marijuana and a similar quantity of cannabis leaves. Two men in their thirties were arrested at the scene and released after questioning.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":5,"plants_destroyed":621},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":5},{"product":"plants","plants":621}],"activity":["cultivation"],"setting":["building"],"environment":["indoor"],"case_stage":"investigation"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.environment":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.arrested":[1,2],"figures.kg_seized":[1,2],"figures.plants_destroyed":[1,2]},"tags":["capital-region-police","kjalarnes","industrial-grow"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["Police also seized a similar mass of cannabis leaves alongside the ~5 kg of marijuana; the leaf weight is not stated in kilograms on the opened pages.","The two men were released from custody on 19 March; the opened sources do not report charges or convictions.","Morgunblaðið’s photo archive entry for Kjalarnes carries a conflicting caption referring to another location; no event photo was verified for this raid."],"sources":[{"title":"Kannabisræktun á Kjalarnesi – lausir úr haldi","url":"https://island.is/s/logreglan/frett/kannabisraektun-a-kjalarnesi-lausir-ur-haldi","publisher":"Lögreglan (Icelandic Police)","date":"2009-03-19","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260831074014/https://island.is/s/logreglan/frett/kannabisraektun-a-kjalarnesi-lausir-ur-haldi"},{"title":"Largest Cannabis Cultivation Case in Iceland’s History","url":"https://www.icelandreview.com/news/largest-cannabis-cultivation-case-iceland%E2%80%99s-history/","publisher":"Iceland Review","date":"2009-03-20","archived":null}]},{"id":"keflavik-postal-25kg-hash","code":"CET-ZR1NDV","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/keflavik-postal-25kg-hash/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZR1NDV/","date":"2004-05-06","added_at":"2026-10-31T17:51:03.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"is","country_name":"Iceland","place":"Reykjanesbær, Iceland","coordinates":[63.99,-22.55],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Customs seize 2.5 kg of hash in a Reykjavík parcel addressed to the Suðurnes","summary":"Icelandic customs in Reykjavík intercepted a postal parcel containing 2.5 kg of hash on 6 May 2004, addressed to a man in his twenties in the Suðurnes region. Police in Keflavík arrested two men who took delivery in Reykjanesbær the next day; three people were held and one was remanded until 25 May.","status":"reported","figures":{"arrested":3,"kg_seized":2.5},"details":{"agency_types":["customs","police"],"products":[{"product":"hashish"}],"setting":["mail"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.date_precision":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1]},"tags":["customs","postal","hash","keflavik","reykjanesbaer"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["Only the National Police news release on island.is could be opened; no second independent report on this parcel was found.","The release names no suspects, charges, plea or sentence; the case was still under investigation when it was published on 10 May 2004.","The parcel was addressed to a man in his twenties in the Suðurnes but the release does not say whether he was among the three arrested."],"sources":[{"title":"2,5 kg af hassi haldlögð","url":"https://island.is/s/logreglan/frett/25-kg-af-hassi-haldlogd","publisher":"Lögreglan (Icelandic Police)","date":"2004-05-10","archived":null}]}]}