{"version":1,"id":"lk","name":"Sri Lanka","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/lk/","count":7,"totals":{"reports":7,"arrested":2,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":1.2,"kg_seized":25.9,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":1,"seizure":4,"raid":0,"arrest":2,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-28","reports":[{"id":"sri-lanka-table-boards-thailand-seizure","code":"CET-14MQNM","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sri-lanka-table-boards-thailand-seizure/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/14MQNM/","date":"2026-10-28","country":"lk","country_name":"Sri Lanka","place":"Customs warehouse, Peliyagoda","coordinates":[6.963,79.882],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Cannabis and hashish hidden in table parts seized at Peliyagoda","summary":"Sri Lanka Customs found 2.4 kg of cannabis and 12.4 kg of hashish worth Rs 157 million hidden inside wooden table boards shipped from Thailand as a gift. A 29-year-old suspect from Ragama was taken into Customs custody.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":14.8,"value":{"amount":157000000,"currency":"LKR"}},"tags":["hashish","thailand-route","concealment"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://adaderana.lk/news/250677","publisher":"Ada Derana","caption":"The seized bags of cannabis and hashish after the warehouse inspection"}],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Customs seizes cannabis and hashish worth Rs. 157 million smuggled from Thailand","url":"https://adaderana.lk/news/250677","publisher":"Ada Derana","date":"2026-10-28","archived":null}]},{"id":"sri-lanka-postal-parcels-60m-seizure","code":"CET-GCJ3ZA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sri-lanka-postal-parcels-60m-seizure/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GCJ3ZA/","date":"2026-10-28","country":"lk","country_name":"Sri Lanka","place":"Central Mail Exchange, Colombo","coordinates":[6.933,79.852],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Customs seizes Rs 60m of drugs in nine postal parcels","summary":"Sri Lanka Customs opened nine uncollected foreign postal parcels at the Central Mail Exchange in Colombo and seized kush, hashish, ecstasy and cocaine worth Rs 60.26 million. The parcels came from Thailand, Spain, Britain and the US; the drugs went to the Police Narcotic Bureau.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":5.969,"value":{"amount":60260000,"currency":"LKR"}},"tags":["kush","hashish","postal","customs"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/28/customs-seizes-narcotics-worth-over-rs-60-million-in-foreign-postal-parcels/","publisher":"Newswire","caption":"Bags of seized kush and blocks of hashish on display"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://srilankachronicle.com/rs-60-2m-narcotics-shipment-blows-open-postal-smuggling/","publisher":"Financial Chronicle","caption":"Officers examine the nine parcels and the labelled exhibits at the mail exchange"}],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Customs seizes narcotics worth over Rs. 60 million in foreign postal parcels","url":"https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/28/customs-seizes-narcotics-worth-over-rs-60-million-in-foreign-postal-parcels/","publisher":"Newswire","date":"2026-10-28","archived":null},{"title":"Rs. 60.2M Narcotics Shipment Blows Open Postal Smuggling","url":"https://srilankachronicle.com/rs-60-2m-narcotics-shipment-blows-open-postal-smuggling/","publisher":"Financial Chronicle","date":"2026-10-29","archived":null}]},{"id":"sri-lanka-bia-vn671-kush-arrest","code":"CET-Q0RCFZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sri-lanka-bia-vn671-kush-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Q0RCFZ/","date":"2026-10-26","country":"lk","country_name":"Sri Lanka","place":"Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake","coordinates":[7.179,79.886],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Indian passenger held with 5.1 kg of kush off Vietnam Airlines flight","summary":"Customs officers arrested a 24-year-old Indian man at Bandaranaike International Airport on 26 October 2026 after finding 5.1 kg of kush cannabis worth over Rs 51 million in his luggage. He had arrived on flight VN671 and tried to leave through the Green Channel.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":5.1,"value":{"amount":51000000,"currency":"LKR"}},"tags":["kush","airport","green-channel"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/26/indian-national-arrested-with-kush-cannabis-worth-over-rs-51-mn-at-bia/","publisher":"Newswire","caption":"The seized packets of kush laid out after the arrest"}],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Indian national arrested with Kush cannabis worth over Rs. 51 Mn at BIA","url":"https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/26/indian-national-arrested-with-kush-cannabis-worth-over-rs-51-mn-at-bia/","publisher":"Newswire","date":"2026-10-26","archived":null}]},{"id":"sri-lanka-record-kush-seizure-2026","code":"CET-HYBHX1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sri-lanka-record-kush-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HYBHX1/","date":"2026-04-26","country":"lk","country_name":"Sri Lanka","place":null,"coordinates":[7.611,80.702],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Sri Lanka seizes 110 kg of kush at Colombo airport","summary":"On 26 April 2026 police arrested 22 Sri Lankan monks returning from Thailand at Bandaranaike International Airport with 110 kg of kush hidden in their luggage, valued at about US$3.5 million. It was reported as the country's largest single cannabis seizure. The case was an enforcement event, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sri-lanka-record-kush-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Sri Lanka arrests 22 monks with $3.5 million worth of cannabis in record haul (27 April 2026)","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3351537/sri-lanka-arrests-22-monks-us35-million-worth-cannabis-record-haul","publisher":"SCMP (AFP)","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"sri-lanka-udawalawe-155000-plants","code":"CET-ZK0Z8S","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sri-lanka-udawalawe-155000-plants/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZK0Z8S/","date":"2026-04-11","country":"lk","country_name":"Sri Lanka","place":"Udawalawe Reserve","coordinates":[6.439,80.884],"precision":"district","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Army and police seize 155,000 cannabis plants in Udawalawe reserve","summary":"Acting on army intelligence, Hambegamuwa police and soldiers raided a three-acre cannabis field inside the Udawalawe reserve on 11 April and seized about 155,000 plants worth Rs 4.5 million. The reports name no arrests.","status":"verified","figures":{"hectares":1.2,"value":{"amount":4500000,"currency":"LKR"}},"tags":["udawalawe","nature-reserve"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Cannabis Plantation Worth Rs 4.5 Million Seized","url":"https://www.vivalanka.com/newspage/12258620ai-cannabis-plantation-worth-rs-4-5-million-seized","publisher":"VivaLanka","date":"2026-04-12","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260413060917/https://www.vivalanka.com/newspage/12258620ai-cannabis-plantation-worth-rs-4-5-million-seized"},{"title":"Illegal Cannabis Cultivation Seized in Udawalawe Reserve","url":"https://en.paperblog.com/illegal-cannabis-cultivation-seized-in-udawalawe-reserve-8069872/","publisher":"Paperblog","date":"2026-04-14","archived":null}]},{"id":"sri-lanka-ayurveda-possession-2024","code":"CET-W5XE8H","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sri-lanka-ayurveda-possession-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/W5XE8H/","date":"2024-02-15","country":"lk","country_name":"Sri Lanka","place":null,"coordinates":[7.611,80.702],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Sri Lanka says police can arrest unauthorised holders of Ayurvedic cannabis","summary":"After Yukthiya raids on Ayurvedic practitioners, the Ayurveda Commissioner General said only registered institutions and pharmacies may hold cannabis medicines, that prescriptions are required, and that police may prosecute possession outside those conditions. The statement followed complaints that the crackdown had treated traditional medicines as recreational drugs.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sri-lanka-ayurveda-possession-2024","sources":[{"title":"‘Police can nab illegal Ayurveda drug possession’: Ayurveda CG (15 February 2024)","url":"https://www.themorning.lk/articles/vZVeG3mJpJhkb0CUGLuL","publisher":"The Morning","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"sri-lanka-yukthiya-2023","code":"CET-PJYMG0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sri-lanka-yukthiya-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PJYMG0/","date":"2023-12-17","country":"lk","country_name":"Sri Lanka","place":null,"coordinates":[7.611,80.702],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Sri Lanka launches Operation Yukthiya against drug suspects","summary":"Acting Inspector General Deshabandu Tennekoon, backed by Public Security Minister Tiran Alles, launched a nationwide anti-drug operation on 17 December that arrested at least a thousand people a day in its first weeks.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sri-lanka-yukthiya-2023","sources":[{"title":"Sri Lanka: Stop Abusive Anti-Drug Operation and Release Those Arbitrarily Detained (15 January 2024)","url":"https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/15/sri-lanka-stop-abusive-anti-drug-operation-and-release-those-arbitrarily-detained","publisher":"Human Rights Watch","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"World Report 2025: Sri Lanka","url":"https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/sri-lanka","publisher":"Human Rights Watch","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}