{"version":1,"id":"mt","name":"Malta","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/mt/","count":2,"totals":{"reports":2,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":1,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2025-06-16","reports":[{"id":"malta-odour-enforcement-2025","code":"CET-A0TTFZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/malta-odour-enforcement-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/A0TTFZ/","date":"2025-06-16","country":"mt","country_name":"Malta","place":null,"coordinates":[35.922,14.405],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Malta's cannabis authority starts handling odour complaints","summary":"After the May amendments took effect, the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis opened a freephone line for complaints about cannabis smells from private homes. Complaints must be signed and say where the smell comes from; officers first advise, then enforce the €235 fine if the nuisance continues.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"malta-odour-enforcement-2025","sources":[{"title":"ARUC begins carrying out enforcement work following legal amendments (16 June 2025)","url":"https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/135458/aruc_begins_carrying_out_enforcement_work_following_legal_amendments_","publisher":"MaltaToday","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Cannabis odour law practically unenforceable, police commissioner suggests (20 May 2025)","url":"https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/xtra/135049/cannabis_odour_law_practically_unenforceable_police_commissioner_suggests","publisher":"MaltaToday","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"malta-holmes-sentence-2011","code":"CET-R00A7Z","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/malta-holmes-sentence-2011/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/R00A7Z/","date":"2011-11-24","country":"mt","country_name":"Malta","place":null,"coordinates":[35.922,14.405],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"A Welshman gets eleven years in Malta for growing cannabis","summary":"Daniel Holmes, a 35-year-old Briton arrested in 2006 in Gozo, was convicted of importing seeds, cultivating cannabis in circumstances suggesting it was not for personal use and trafficking over 1 kg, a weight his defence said counted the whole dry plant. He was sentenced to eleven years and a fine of over €23,000. He said he grew it for himself.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"malta-holmes-sentence-2011","sources":[{"title":"Harsh sentence for cannabis cultivation reopens case for decriminalisation (30 November 2011)","url":"https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/14193/harsh-sentence-for-cannabis-cultivation-reopens-case-for-decriminalisation","publisher":"MaltaToday","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Daniel Holmes's appeal rejected, prison term confirmed (31 October 2013)","url":"https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/31124/daniel-holmes-appeals-hearing-20131031","publisher":"MaltaToday","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Weeks from his release from prison, Daniel Holmes looks to the future (21 August 2018)","url":"https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/88930/weeks_from_his_release_from_prison_daniel_holmes_looks_to_the_future_","publisher":"MaltaToday","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Daniel Holmes released from jail (13 September 2018)","url":"https://theshiftnews.com/2018/09/13/daniel-holmes-released-from-jail","publisher":"The Shift","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"From prohibition to trailblazing: a brief history of modern cannabis activism in Malta (27 November 2021)","url":"https://druglawreform.info/en/newsroom/latest-news/item/10404-from-prohibition-to-trailblazing-a-brief-history-of-modern-cannabis-activism-in-malta.html","publisher":"TNI Drugs & Democracy (Lovin Malta)","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}