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Prosecutors say the group, active from 2020 to autumn 2024, laundered its earnings through bank accounts and property in Riga; four defendants remain in custody.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":4,"charged":9,"kg_seized":13},"details":{"agencies":["Latvian State Police","Economic Affairs Court","Riga Regional Prosecutor's Office"],"agency_types":["police","court","prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":13}],"activity":["cultivation","trafficking","sale","money"],"environment":["indoor"],"charges":["money laundering","illegal sowing or cultivation of drug-containing plants on a large scale or in an organised group","unauthorised acquisition and storage of a firearm and ammunition"],"case_stage":"trial","date_precision":"publication","route":{"from":["es"],"to":["lv","no"]}},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agencies":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.charges":[1,4],"details.environment":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.route":[1],"figures.arrested":[3],"figures.charged":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1]},"tags":["riga","latvia","organised-crime","money-laundering","trial"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["8 November 2026 is the publication date of the LETA/TVNET item; the article gives no separate date for the hearing or step it reports, so that date stands in for the incident date.","The 4 December hearing had not taken place when the article was published, and no verdict, sentence or plea was reported for any defendant.","The 13 kilograms of marijuana and the cash and property figures refer to the searches and asset freezes in the September 2024 operation; police said 16 people were arrested in that operation, more than the nine later charged in this case, so the cannabis weight is not tied to individual defendants.","No figure for the number of plants, plantations or hectares in Spain was published in the sources read.","The prosecutor's own release gives the Riga property-laundering sum as 31,788.98 euros, rounded to 31,788 euros in the news accounts.","Only LETA wire coverage and its republications were found for the 4 December scheduling; no separate court statement was opened."],"sources":[{"title":"Tiesa turpinās pratināt lieciniekus lietā pret vienu no zināmākajiem organizētās noziedzības līderiem Latvijā","url":"https://www.tvnet.lv/8579618/tiesa-turpinas-pratinat-lieciniekus-lieta-pret-vienu-no-zinamakajiem-organizetas-noziedzibas-lideriem-latvija","publisher":"TVNET","date":"2026-11-08","archived":null},{"title":"Tiesai nodod Latvijā labi zināmā organizētās noziedzības līdera lietu","url":"https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/20.06.2025-tiesai-nodod-latvija-labi-zinama-organizetas-noziedzibas-lidera-lietu.a604066/","publisher":"LSM.lv","date":"2025-06-20","archived":null},{"title":"Sāk skatīt Latvijas narkobarona Spiridonova lietu – tiesa varētu notikt gadiem","url":"https://tv3.lv/zinas/latvija/sak-skatit-latvijas-narkobarona-spiridonova-lietu-tiesa-varetu-notikt-gadiem/","publisher":"tv3.lv","date":"2025-07-10","archived":null},{"title":"Spiridonova lieta: tiesa pārskatījusi drošības līdzekļus, sociālajos tīklos — opera","url":"https://www.kompromat.lv/item.php?docid=readn&id=9774","publisher":"Kompromat.lv","date":"2026-09-12","archived":null},{"title":"Latvietis Spānijā vadījis marihuānas plantāciju tīklu","url":"https://retv.lv/kriminalzinas/latvietis-spanija-vadijis-marihuanas-plantaciju-tiklu/","publisher":"ReTV","date":"2025-06-20","archived":null},{"title":"Суд продолжит допрос свидетелей по делу одного из самых известных криминальных авторитетов Латвии","url":"https://rus.tvnet.lv/8579632/sud-prodolzhit-dopros-svideteley-po-delu-odnogo-iz-samyh-izvestnyh-kriminalnyh-avtoritetov-latvii","publisher":"rus.tvnet.lv","date":"2026-11-08","archived":null}]},{"id":"riga-forest-barrels-six-arrests","code":"CET-KH83VP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/riga-forest-barrels-six-arrests/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/KH83VP/","date":"2026-10-21","added_at":"2026-11-05T11:56:01.147925Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"lv","country_name":"Latvia","place":"Riga, Jurmala and surrounding forests, Riga region","coordinates":[56.9496,24.1052],"precision":"district","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Six arrested as forest barrels hid marijuana near Riga","summary":"Latvian police detained six members of a Latvian-Lithuanian group that hid drugs in barrels buried in forests near Riga, with two more members directing activity from prison. Officers found about 36 kg of mixed drugs including marijuana and hashish plus 34 THC devices, and a court remanded five suspects in custody.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":6},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"hashish"},{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["trafficking"],"setting":["forest","prison"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,3,4,6,7,8],"details.agency_types":[1,6,7,2,9,3],"details.case_stage":[1,6,7,2,9,3],"details.date_precision":[1,6,7,2,9,3],"details.products":[1,4,6,8,9,2],"details.setting":[1,6,7,2,9,4],"figures.arrested":[1,2,6,7,9,3]},"tags":["riga","jurmala","forest-cache","organised-group"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://rus.jauns.lv/article/novosti/736690-v-lesax-pod-rigoi-nasli-zakopannye-bocki-s-desiatkami-kg-narkotikov-zaderzana-mezdunarodnaia-prestupnaia-gruppa","media_url":"https://i.jauns.lv/t/2026/11/05/3591230/660x471.webp?v=1793872304","publisher":"Otkrito.lv","caption":"Forest area near Riga where police say large drug consignments were hidden in buried barrels. 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Credit: LSM.lv"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://retv.lv/kriminalzinas/latvijas-un-lietuvas-narkodileru-grupejums-mezos-slepis-desmitiem-kilogramu-narkotiku/","media_url":"https://retv.lv/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-10.32.14.png","publisher":"ReTV","caption":"A forest cache found during the operation, showing a white container and wrapped items buried in the ground. 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Delfi and Apollo.lv carried the same figures without a later court outcome.","The operation also seized amphetamine oil residue, ketamine, clonazepam tablets, four cars and more than €5,500 in cash linked to the group.","LSM illustrated the story with a generic LETA file photo, so no event photo is listed."],"sources":[{"title":"Drug bust in Rīga and Ādaži last week","url":"https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/22.09.2026-drug-bust-in-riga-and-adazi-last-week.a664196/","publisher":"LSM English","date":"2026-09-22","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260922175850/https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/22.09.2026-drug-bust-in-riga-and-adazi-last-week.a664196/"},{"title":"Video: Policija Rīgā un Ādažos likvidē vērienīgu narkotiku perēkli","url":"https://www.delfi.lv/161/criminal/120135300/policija-riga-un-adazos-likvide-verienigu-narkotiku-perekli","publisher":"Delfi","date":"2026-09-21","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261001194114/https://www.delfi.lv/161/criminal/120135300/policija-riga-un-adazos-likvide-verienigu-narkotiku-perekli"}]},{"id":"riga-region-truck-114kg-arrests","code":"CET-JJCPNA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/riga-region-truck-114kg-arrests/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/JJCPNA/","date":"2026-08-26","added_at":"2026-11-08T16:22:42.126865Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"lv","country_name":"Latvia","place":"Riga region, Latvia","coordinates":[56.9489,24.106],"precision":"region","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Two held as police seize 114 kg of marijuana from truck near Riga","summary":"Latvian State Police detained two men, born in 1977 and 1978, on 26 August 2026 and found a Mercedes Benz truck carrying 114 kg of dried marijuana during searches in the Riga region. Both were held in custody while investigators continued work against an organised group they said the two had formed with at least two accomplices to buy, store and sell drugs.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":114,"vehicles":1},"details":{"agencies":["Valsts policija"],"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":114}],"activity":["trafficking","sale","possession"],"setting":["vehicle"],"case_stage":"investigation","force":["none-reported"],"date_precision":"exact","region":"Riga region"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.force":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1],"figures.vehicles":[1]},"tags":["riga","latvia","organised-group","valsts-policija","truck"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://rus.delfi.lv/57863/criminal/120134033/foto-gospoliciya-zaderzhala-pod-rigoy-gruzovik-so-114-kg-marihuany","media_url":"https://images.delfi.lv/media-api-image-cropper/v1/13b9008b-e6c9-4e8f-87ba-cd34262b84d2.jpg","publisher":"Delfi","caption":"State Police handout photo published with the account of the truck in which officers found 114 kg of dried marijuana. Photo: Publicitātes foto (State Police)"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://rus.delfi.lv/57863/criminal/120134033/foto-gospoliciya-zaderzhala-pod-rigoy-gruzovik-so-114-kg-marihuany","media_url":"https://images.delfi.lv/media-api-image-cropper/v1/249c25ab-e2c7-477b-80da-68935f46e67f.jpg","publisher":"Delfi","caption":"Second State Police handout photo from the gallery published with the account of the truck and drug seizure in the Riga region. 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No independent reporting or the police's own release could be opened.","The gallery images carry only the credit Publicitātes foto, and the article does not caption what each of the five photos depicts."],"sources":[{"title":"ФОТО. Госполиция задержала под Ригой грузовик со 114 кг марихуаны","url":"https://rus.delfi.lv/57863/criminal/120134033/foto-gospoliciya-zaderzhala-pod-rigoy-gruzovik-so-114-kg-marihuany","publisher":"Rus.Delfi.lv","date":"2026-09-11","archived":null}]},{"id":"rezekne-835-plants-four-arrests","code":"CET-8HZJE9","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/rezekne-835-plants-four-arrests/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8HZJE9/","date":"2026-06-03","added_at":"2026-10-31T17:15:26.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:31:22.000Z","country":"lv","country_name":"Latvia","place":"Rēzekne, Latvia","coordinates":[56.51,27.341],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["seizure","arrest"],"title":"Four held as Latgale police seize 835 plants and 24 kg of cannabis","summary":"After a long investigation, Latvian police detained four people on 3–4 June 2026 and searched ten addresses in Rēzekne, Rēzekne and Madona municipalities, finding two indoor grows with 835 marijuana plants and about 24 kilograms of dried cannabis plus guns and €3,145 cash.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":4,"kg_seized":24,"plants_destroyed":835},"details":{"agency_types":["police","prosecutor","court"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":24}],"activity":["sale"],"setting":["home","prison"],"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],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.kg_seized":[1,2],"figures.plants_destroyed":[1,2]},"tags":["rezekne","latgale","organised"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://jauns.lv/raksts/zinas/712584-policija-atklaj-divas-audzetavas-latgales-regiona-iznemts-rekordliels-marihuanas-daudzums","media_url":"https://i.jauns.lv/t/2026/06/04/3496485/1900x1000.webp?v=1780568389","publisher":"Jauns.lv (photo Valsts policija)","caption":"Cannabis and equipment seized during the June 2026 Latgale searches."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["Police described about 24 kilograms of dried marijuana; expert results on every batch may still be pending.","Suspects are identified only by birth years (1975, 1977, 1999 and a fourth person on 4 June); none were named.","LSM's English brief omits the 13 firearms and €3,145 in cash that Latvian outlets report from the same raids."],"sources":[{"title":"Policija atklāj divas audzētavas; Latgales reģionā izņemts rekordliels marihuānas daudzums","url":"https://jauns.lv/raksts/zinas/712584-policija-atklaj-divas-audzetavas-latgales-regiona-iznemts-rekordliels-marihuanas-daudzums","publisher":"Jauns.lv","date":"2026-06-04","archived":null},{"title":"Latvian police claim major weed bust","url":"https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/05.06.2026-latvian-police-claim-major-weed-bust.a650187/","publisher":"LSM English","date":"2026-06-05","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260607053548/https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/05.06.2026-latvian-police-claim-major-weed-bust.a650187/"}]},{"id":"riga-nine-kg-minor-dealer-group","code":"CET-26SQ3J","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/riga-nine-kg-minor-dealer-group/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/26SQ3J/","date":"2026-03-18","added_at":"2026-10-31T17:08:13.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"lv","country_name":"Latvia","place":"Rīga, Latvia","coordinates":[56.95,24.11],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Four held in Rīga over 9 kg of marijuana and a minor courier","summary":"On 17 and 18 March 2026 Latvian police arrested four people in Rīga who they say ran a large-scale marijuana and hashish trade, using hideouts and a 2009-born teenager as a courier; searches seized 9 kilograms of marijuana, 50 grams of hashish, €11,671 and three cars.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":4,"kg_seized":9.05},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"hashish","kg":9.05},{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["sale"],"setting":["forest"],"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],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.arrested":[1,2]},"tags":["riga","organized-group","minor"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["The police release gives birth years but no names; none of the four had prior police records according to the announcement.","One 1993-born man paid bail and was not held in custody; the minor’s detention was refused by a court and non-custodial measures were applied instead.","Expert confirmation of every seized package is implied but not described beyond the stated marijuana and hashish weights.","BB.lv republished the police account in English on 3 April 2026; no separate court outcome was reported."],"sources":[{"title":"Likumsargi atsavinājuši deviņus kilogramus marihuānas un aizturējuši četru personu grupu","url":"https://www.vp.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/likumsargi-atsavinajusi-devinus-kilogramus-marihuanas-un-aizturejusi-cetru-personu-grupu","publisher":"Valsts policija","date":"2026-03-31","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260412224403/https://www.vp.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/likumsargi-atsavinajusi-devinus-kilogramus-marihuanas-un-aizturejusi-cetru-personu-grupu"},{"title":"A group of drug dealers uncovered in Riga, 9 kg of marijuana seized","url":"https://en.bb.lv/article/emergencies-and-crime/2026/04/03/a-group-of-drug-dealers-uncovered-in-riga-9-kg-of-marijuana-seized-94552","publisher":"BB.lv","date":"2026-04-03","archived":null}]},{"id":"riga-cocaine-11kg-marijuana-3kg","code":"CET-BXVDYB","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/riga-cocaine-11kg-marijuana-3kg/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BXVDYB/","date":"2026-03-08","added_at":"2026-11-02T01:03:50.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"lv","country_name":"Latvia","place":"Rīga, Latvia","coordinates":[56.9496,24.1052],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest","raid"],"title":"Two held in Rīga after search finds 11 kg of cocaine and 3 kg of marijuana","summary":"Latvian State Police detained two men in Rīga on 8 March 2026 and found about 11 kg of cocaine and 3 kg of marijuana at one suspect's home, plus small amounts at the other's apartment. Police valued the whole haul at about €1 million and called it their largest cocaine seizure since 2019; a court refused to remand the men, applying non-custodial measures instead.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":3.02},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["trafficking"],"setting":["home","prison"],"case_stage":"sentenced","sentence_types":["prison"]},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2,3],"details.agency_types":[3,1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2,3],"details.products":[1],"details.sentence_types":[1,2,3],"details.setting":[3,1,2]},"tags":["riga","cocaine","marijuana","drug-trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/16.03.2026-police-record-major-drugs-bust-in-latvia.a639075/","media_url":"https://static.lsm.lv/media/2026/03/large/1/sxae.png","publisher":"Valsts policija, via LSM.lv","caption":"State Police photograph released with the announcement of the Rīga search and seizure. Photo: Valsts policija"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/16.03.2026-police-record-major-drugs-bust-in-latvia.a639075/","media_url":"https://static.lsm.lv/media/2026/03/large/1/sxag.jpg","publisher":"Valsts policija, via LSM.lv","caption":"State Police photograph released with the announcement of the Rīga search and seizure. Photo: Valsts policija"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/16.03.2026-police-record-major-drugs-bust-in-latvia.a639075/","media_url":"https://static.lsm.lv/media/2026/03/large/1/sxak.jpg","publisher":"Valsts policija, via LSM.lv","caption":"State Police photograph released with the announcement of the Rīga search and seizure. Photo: Valsts policija"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["The two men are not named; only their birth years, 2000 and 2002, were published.","The reports give no separate date for the apartment searches; they are described with the 8 March detentions.","The court's reasons for refusing the police request to remand the men were not published.","No individual charges or trial outcome have been announced.","The €1 million estimate covers the whole haul, most of it cocaine; no separate value was given for the marijuana.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in LSM.lv: Latvian State Police detained two men born in 2000 and 2002 in Rīga on 8 March 2026.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in Valsts policija: On 10 March they asked a court to remand both men in custody, but the court declined and applied non-custodial measures instead.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in LSM.lv: Police said the seizure was the largest amount of cocaine taken by the State Police since 2019."],"sources":[{"title":"В Риге изъята сама большая партия кокаина за последние 7 лет","url":"https://rus.lsm.lv/statja/novosti/obschestvo/16.03.2026-v-rige-izyata-sama-bolsaya-partiya-kokaina-za-poslednie-7-let.a639081/","publisher":"LSM.lv","date":"2026-03-16","archived":null},{"title":"Police record major drugs bust in Latvia","url":"https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/16.03.2026-police-record-major-drugs-bust-in-latvia.a639075/","publisher":"LSM.lv","date":"2026-03-16","archived":null},{"title":"Valsts policija Rīgā atklāj pēdējos gados lielāko kokaīna daudzumu","url":"https://www.vp.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/valsts-policija-riga-atklaj-pedejos-gados-lielako-kokaina-daudzumu","publisher":"Valsts policija","date":"2026-03-16","archived":null}]},{"id":"saldus-300-plants-raid","code":"CET-434JFW","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/saldus-300-plants-raid/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/434JFW/","date":"2025-07-31","added_at":"2026-10-31T17:15:26.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:24:08.000Z","country":"lv","country_name":"Latvia","place":"Saldus municipality, Latvia","coordinates":[56.664,22.494],"precision":"district","type":"raid","also":["seizure"],"title":"More than 300 cannabis plants seized from a backyard grow in Saldus","summary":"In late July 2025 Kurzeme police found a specially equipped backyard plot in Saldus municipality, seizing more than 300 marijuana plants and dried plant material. Several suspects were detained; forensic tests on the exact weight were still pending when police publicised the case on 22 August.","status":"verified","figures":{},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower"},{"product":"plants"}],"activity":["cultivation","possession"],"setting":["prison"],"case_stage":"sentenced","sentence_types":["prison"]},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2],"details.sentence_types":[1,2],"details.setting":[1,2]},"tags":["saldus","kurzeme","backyard"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/22.08.2025-over-300-weed-plants-found-in-garden-in-saldus-municipality-latvia.a611401/","media_url":"https://static.lsm.lv/media/2025/08/large/1/reg8.jpg","publisher":"LSM English (photo Valsts policija)","caption":"State Police photo of plants seized in the Saldus municipality case.","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250907163715/https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/22.08.2025-over-300-weed-plants-found-in-garden-in-saldus-municipality-latvia.a611401/"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["Police reported \"more than 300\" plants and dried material without a final weight after expert tests.","Sources do not say how many people were detained, only that several were held as suspects.","National context in the LETA wire lists other 2025 grows but does not break out this farm's eventual dried yield."],"sources":[{"title":"Over 300 weed plants found in garden in Saldus municipality, Latvia","url":"https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/22.08.2025-over-300-weed-plants-found-in-garden-in-saldus-municipality-latvia.a611401/","publisher":"LSM English","date":"2025-08-22","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250907163715/https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/22.08.2025-over-300-weed-plants-found-in-garden-in-saldus-municipality-latvia.a611401/"},{"title":"Saldus novadā policija atrod 300 marihuānas stādu","url":"https://www.tvnet.lv/8309780/saldus-novada-policija-atrod-300-marihuanas-stadu","publisher":"TVNET (Latvia)","date":"2025-08-22","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250826203918/https://www.tvnet.lv/8309780/saldus-novada-policija-atrod-300-marihuanas-stadu"}]},{"id":"kraslava-greenhouse-89-plants","code":"CET-0BJ29E","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kraslava-greenhouse-89-plants/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0BJ29E/","date":"2025-07-31","added_at":"2026-10-31T17:08:13.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"lv","country_name":"Latvia","place":"Krāslava, Latvia","coordinates":[55.895,27.168],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["seizure"],"title":"89 cannabis plants seized in a Krāslava greenhouse and dried marijuana in town","summary":"On 30 and 31 July 2025 Latvian police in Krāslava and Krāslava municipality searched three addresses, pulling 89 marijuana plants from a greenhouse and about 40 grams of dried marijuana from a young man’s flat and house, opening two criminal cases.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":0.04,"plants_destroyed":89},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":0.04}],"activity":["cultivation"],"setting":["home"],"environment":["greenhouse"],"date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.environment":[1],"details.products":[1,2],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.kg_seized":[1,2],"figures.plants_destroyed":[1,2]},"tags":["kraslava","latgale","greenhouse"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["The 31 July search recovered about 40 grams of dried material plus cuttings awaiting tests; the man born in 1998 was not described as detained in the police release.","The greenhouse case targets a man born in 1979; neither name nor court outcome was published.","TV3 republished the police release on 8 August 2025 without naming anyone arrested.","Police photos on the release illustrate the greenhouse and seized jars but are not dated to a specific moment in the raid."],"sources":[{"title":"Likumsargi siltumnīcā atklāj marihuānas audzētavu","url":"https://www.vp.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/likumsargi-siltumnica-atklaj-marihuanas-audzetavu","publisher":"Valsts policija","date":"2025-08-08","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250809104111/https://www.vp.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/likumsargi-siltumnica-atklaj-marihuanas-audzetavu"},{"title":"Policisti Krāslavas novadā atklāj marihuānas audzētavu","url":"https://tv3.lv/degpunkta/noziedziba/policisti-kraslavas-novada-atklaj-marihuanas-audzetavu/","publisher":"TV3 (Latvia)","date":"2025-08-08","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250818163945/https://tv3.lv/degpunkta/noziedziba/policisti-kraslavas-novada-atklaj-marihuanas-audzetavu/"}]},{"id":"kurzeme-spain-49kg-dried-fruit","code":"CET-DXQ5NN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kurzeme-spain-49kg-dried-fruit/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/DXQ5NN/","date":"2023-08-08","added_at":"2026-10-31T10:40:32.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-07T01:29:48.000Z","country":"lv","country_name":"Latvia","place":"Kurzeme, Latvia","coordinates":[56.667,22.5],"precision":"region","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Five detained in Kurzeme over 49.4 kg of cannabis from Spain","summary":"Latvian police and Spanish counterparts found 49.4 kg of marijuana hidden in a dried-fruit shipment meant for Latvia. Five people were detained in Kurzeme in June and August 2023, and four were remanded while investigations continued.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":5,"kg_seized":49.4},"details":{"agency_types":["police","prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":49.4}],"activity":["smuggling"],"setting":["home","building"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact","route":{"from":["es"],"to":["lv"]}},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.date_precision":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.route":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1]},"tags":["latvia","kurzeme","spain","smuggling","omega"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"xai/grok-4.7#low","open_questions":["The warehouse where the 49.4 kg was found is not located, and no date is given for the discovery itself.","The headline rounds the seizure to 49 kg; the body, which this report uses, says 49.4 kg.","Four of the five people were remanded, but no names, charges or later court outcome are given.","Only this Rus.LSM.lv account could be opened; a separate police statement was not found.","The photograph on the page is captioned as an illustrative picture and is not of this seizure."],"sources":[{"title":"Полиция в сотрудничестве с Испанией предотвратила ввоз в Латвию 49 кг марихуаны","url":"https://rus.lsm.lv/statja/novosti/proisshestvija/05.09.2023-policiya-v-sotrudnicestve-s-ispaniei-predotvratila-vvoz-v-latviyu-49-kg-marixuany.a522733/","publisher":"Rus.LSM.lv","date":"2023-09-05","archived":null}]},{"id":"jekabpils-record-tonne-hashish-2021","code":"CET-50DP2X","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jekabpils-record-tonne-hashish-2021/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/50DP2X/","date":"2021-03-12","added_at":"2026-11-04T02:43:16.517Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-07T01:22:47.000Z","country":"lv","country_name":"Latvia","place":"Jēkabpils, Riga–Daugavpils highway","coordinates":[56.4972,25.8689],"precision":"district","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Record tonne of hashish seized on Riga–Daugavpils highway","summary":"Latvian State Police stopped a Lithuanian-plated truck near Jēkabpils on 12 March 2021 and found about 1,000 kg of hashish hidden under artificial stone slabs, the largest hashish seizure in the force's history. Two suspects were detained.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":1000},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"hashish"}],"activity":["smuggling","trafficking"],"setting":["vehicle","home"],"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],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.arrested":[2,1],"figures.kg_seized":[1,2]},"tags":["hashish","record-seizure","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.vp.gov.lv/en/article/detained-history-state-police-largest-hashish-cargo","media_url":"https://www.vp.gov.lv/files/vp-s3/s3fs-public/styles/image_cut_from_bottom/public/gallery_images/foto-3-of-8_0.jpg?itok=wUSwjhxY","publisher":"Latvian State Police","caption":"Hashish seized in the truck stopped near Jēkabpils"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The police put the wholesale value at about 4.5 million euros and the retail value at up to 15 million, so no single figure is recorded.","No charge or court outcome for the two detained men was reported in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Detained in the history of the State Police the largest hashish cargo","url":"https://www.vp.gov.lv/en/article/detained-history-state-police-largest-hashish-cargo","publisher":"Latvian State Police","date":"2021-03-18","archived":null},{"title":"Police confiscate hashish worth $17.9 million","url":"https://thisnigeria.com/police-confiscate-hashish-worth-17-9-million/","publisher":"ThisNigeria","date":"2021-03-19","archived":null}]},{"id":"dobele-penkule-kegums-two-cannabis-greenhouses-2019","code":"CET-MZ7T6G","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/dobele-penkule-kegums-two-cannabis-greenhouses-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MZ7T6G/","date":"2019-07-10","added_at":"2026-11-08T18:34:15.575751Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"lv","country_name":"Latvia","place":"Ķegums, Ķegums Municipality, Latvia","coordinates":[56.7392,24.7186],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["seizure","arrest","prosecution"],"title":"144 cannabis plants found at two grow sites near Dobele; two men detained","summary":"Police in the Dobele area of Latvia dismantled two cannabis growing sites in Penkule and Ķegums parishes in early July 2019, finding 69 seedlings, 54 young plants, 16 and 5 bushes, and 2,054 grams of undried marijuana. Two men were detained and released under a preventive measure not involving imprisonment while the criminal case continued.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":2.05672,"plants_destroyed":144,"sites":2},"details":{"agencies":["State Police (Valsts policija)"],"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"plants","plants":144},{"product":"flower","kg":2.05672}],"activity":["cultivation","possession"],"setting":["home","field"],"environment":["greenhouse"],"case_stage":"investigation","force":["none-reported"],"date_precision":"publication","region":"Zemgale"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.environment":[1],"details.force":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1],"figures.plants_destroyed":[1],"figures.sites":[1]},"tags":["dobele","kegums","greenhouse-grow","zemgale","valsts-policija"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://rus.lsm.lv/statja/novosti/proisshestvija/bliz-dobele-nashli-dve-plantacii-marihuani.a325246/","media_url":"https://static.lsm.lv/media/2019/07/large/1/bg58.jpg","publisher":"Rus.LSM.lv (Latvian Public Broadcasting)","caption":"Police handout photo published with the report on the two cannabis growing sites in Penkule and Ķegums parishes. Photo: Valsts policija"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://rus.lsm.lv/statja/novosti/proisshestvija/bliz-dobele-nashli-dve-plantacii-marihuani.a325246/","media_url":"https://static.lsm.lv/media/2019/07/large/1/bg59.jpg","publisher":"Rus.LSM.lv (Latvian Public Broadcasting)","caption":"Police handout photo published with the report on the two cannabis growing sites in Penkule and Ķegums parishes. Photo: Valsts policija"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://rus.lsm.lv/statja/novosti/proisshestvija/bliz-dobele-nashli-dve-plantacii-marihuani.a325246/","media_url":"https://static.lsm.lv/media/2019/07/large/1/bg5a.jpg","publisher":"Rus.LSM.lv (Latvian Public Broadcasting)","caption":"Police handout photo published with the report on the two cannabis growing sites in Penkule and Ķegums parishes. Photo: Valsts policija"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://rus.lsm.lv/statja/novosti/proisshestvija/bliz-dobele-nashli-dve-plantacii-marihuani.a325246/","media_url":"https://static.lsm.lv/media/2019/07/large/1/bg5b.jpg","publisher":"Rus.LSM.lv (Latvian Public Broadcasting)","caption":"Police handout photo published with the report on the two cannabis growing sites in Penkule and Ķegums parishes. Photo: Valsts policija"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The article gives no day in early July for the searches and arrests; 10 July 2019 is the publication date and stands in for the incident date.","The 2,054 grams of undried marijuana is a single total for the first site; the dried material found in Ķegums is described only as several packages, with no weight, and is not included in the figure.","The 2.7317 grams found on the detained man is not included in the kilogram figure; it is unclear whether it was part of the seized material or separately weighed.","The 144 plants destroyed is the sum of the article's counts (69 seedlings, 54 recently planted bushes, 16 and 5 bushes); no single total is given.","No value estimate, charges or court outcome were published, and the men were identified only by birth year.","Only the LSM Russian-language account could be opened; no Latvian-language or police statement version was accessible for comparison."],"sources":[{"title":"Близ Добеле нашли две «плантации» марихуаны","url":"https://rus.lsm.lv/statja/novosti/proisshestvija/bliz-dobele-nashli-dve-plantacii-marihuani.a325246/","publisher":"Rus.LSM.lv","date":"2019-07-10","archived":null}]},{"id":"gulbenes-grow-op-2012","code":"CET-F7K01P","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/gulbenes-grow-op-2012/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F7K01P/","date":"2012-05-17","added_at":"2026-10-31T18:22:38.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:20:13.000Z","country":"lv","country_name":"Latvia","place":"Gulbene municipality, Vidzeme","coordinates":[57.177,26.752],"precision":"district","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Nine held after police find 2,500-plant cannabis factory in Gulbene","summary":"Vidzeme criminal police raided a house and farm building in Gulbene municipality in mid-May 2012, cutting more than 2,500 marijuana plants weighing over 300 kg and seizing several kilograms of dried cannabis. 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