{"version":1,"id":"mv","name":"Maldives","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/mv/","count":7,"totals":{"reports":7,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":4,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":1,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-01","reports":[{"id":"maldives-cannabis-life-sentence-2026","code":"CET-Z7155W","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-cannabis-life-sentence-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Z7155W/","date":"2026-10-01","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Fifty years for cannabis and heroin taped to a man's legs","summary":"The Criminal Court sentenced Abdulla Faseeh to 50 years and a MVR 200,000 fine on 1 October 2026 on two trafficking counts. He had been stopped at Velana airport on 7 October 2024 with 252.17 g of cannabis and 23.60 g of diamorphine taped to his legs before a domestic flight; the court imposed life on each count, calculated at 25 years, and the terms added up to 50 years.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-cannabis-life-sentence-2026","sources":[{"title":"Man receives 50-year sentence for smuggling drugs taped to his body at airport","url":"https://maldivesledger.com/2026/10/04/man-sentenced-50-years-airport-drug-smuggling/","publisher":"Maldives Ledger","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"maldives-drug-enforcement-2026","code":"CET-2M3WDQ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-drug-enforcement-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2M3WDQ/","date":"2026-08-11","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Police seize 144 kg and arrest 1,875 people in seven months","summary":"Police said 1,141 drug operations between 1 January and 31 July 2026 seized more than 144 kg of drugs and 1,856 bottles of alcohol, and led to 1,875 arrests. They searched 23,249 people and more than 7,300 places, opened 1,533 cases and sent 634 to the Prosecutor General; 116 foreign nationals were handed to Immigration for deportation. The figures covered all drugs and did not separate cannabis.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-drug-enforcement-2026","sources":[{"title":"Police seize more than 144kg of drugs, arrest 1,875 people","url":"https://r24.mv/police-seize-more-than-144kg-of-drugs-arrest-1875-people/","publisher":"R24","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Police seize MVR 121 million in drugs and alcohol in seven-month crackdown","url":"https://etruth.mv/police-seize-mvr-121-million-in-drugs-and-alcohol-in-seven-month-crackdown/","publisher":"eTruth","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"maldives-drug-cafe-closure-2026","code":"CET-AEW74H","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-drug-cafe-closure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/AEW74H/","date":"2026-05-30","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Court closes a 'drug cafe' on Fuvahmulah for 85 days","summary":"The Fuvahmulah City Magistrate Court ordered a drug café at Gulisthanuge closed for 85 days, the first such closure outside Malé. Police said anyone entering the property during the order would commit an offence and promised the strictest action for trespass or damage. The Criminal Court had closed drug cafés in the capital before; this order came from a magistrate court on Fuvahmulah.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-drug-cafe-closure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Court orders closure of Fuvahmulah 'drug cafe'","url":"https://adhadhu.com/82338","publisher":"Adhadhu","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"maldives-hashish-oil-seizure-2025","code":"CET-0E8AJK","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-hashish-oil-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0E8AJK/","date":"2025-12-25","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Customs finds 40 kg of hashish oil in chocolate syrup bottles","summary":"Customs officers inspecting sea freight on 25 December 2025 found more than 40 kg of hashish oil hidden in bottles labelled as chocolate syrup. Police estimated the street value at over MVR 30 million and arrested two men, aged 47 and 57, on 26 and 27 December; both were remanded for five days. Hashish oil is a cannabis concentrate and is treated as a Schedule 1 drug.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-hashish-oil-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Two arrested after over 40 kg of hashish oil found in imported goods","url":"https://en.mmtv.mv/7506","publisher":"MMTV","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"maldives-operation-alimagu-2025","code":"CET-F6XRM5","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-operation-alimagu-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F6XRM5/","date":"2025-11-13","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Maldives launches its largest anti-drug operation","summary":"Operation Alimagu began on 13 November 2025 with about 500 officers raiding 110 places on 39 islands; police said 110 people were arrested on the first day. By late December they had searched 166 locations and nine vessels, arrested 193 people, and seized 30.63 kg of drugs and 182 bottles of alcohol.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-operation-alimagu-2025","sources":[{"title":"Police raid 166 locations, arrest 193 in nationwide Operation Alimagu","url":"https://en.mmtv.mv/7433","publisher":"MMTV","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Criminal Court extends detention for 38 from Operation Alimagu","url":"https://www.plus.mv/english/criminal-court-extends-detention-for-38-from-operation-alimagu/","publisher":"MV+","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"maldives-airport-cannabis-seizure-2024","code":"CET-Y7BYDR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-airport-cannabis-seizure-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Y7BYDR/","date":"2024-07-27","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Customs finds 15 kg of cannabis in a suitcase at Velana airport","summary":"Officers found more than 15 kg of cannabis in the luggage of a 44-year-old Malaysian man who arrived on flight EK656 on 27 July 2024. Police put the street value at MVR 12.3 million and called it the largest single cannabis seizure of the year; a controlled delivery led to a second arrest, of a 41-year-old Malaysian man.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-airport-cannabis-seizure-2024","sources":[{"title":"Over 15kg of cannabis seized in major drug bust at Velana International Airport","url":"https://www.police.gov.mv/media/news/23364","publisher":"Maldives Police Service","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"maldives-drug-seizures-2024","code":"CET-TX5HKN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-drug-seizures-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TX5HKN/","date":"2024-05-13","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police seize 19 kg of drugs in the first months of 2024","summary":"Police said 56 operations had seized about 19 kg of drugs by mid-May 2024, with a street value of MVR 104 million. They had arrested 260 Maldivians and 16 foreigners, opened 257 drug cases, sent 95 to the Prosecutor General and reported shutting five drug networks. The figures covered all drugs, not cannabis alone.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-drug-seizures-2024","sources":[{"title":"Drugs worth over MVR 100 million seized so far this year: police","url":"https://adhadhu.com/53637","publisher":"Adhadhu","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}