{"version":1,"id":"mw","name":"Malawi","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/mw/","count":2,"totals":{"reports":2,"arrested":1,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":5000,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":2,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-23","reports":[{"id":"phalula-kelfoods-chamba-truck","code":"CET-QS6BAN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/phalula-kelfoods-chamba-truck/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QS6BAN/","date":"2026-10-23","country":"mw","country_name":"Malawi","place":"Phalula, Balaka","coordinates":[-15.2313,34.8765],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Truck driver held with 26 bags of chamba under maize at Phalula","summary":"Police at an adhoc roadblock at Phalula, Balaka, stopped a KelFoods company van travelling from Lilongwe to Blantyre on 23 October 2026 and found 26 bags of chamba hidden under 135 bags of maize and egg crates. Driver George Benson, 41, said he loaded the cannabis at Chilanga, Kasungu, for delivery to a woman in Blantyre.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1},"tags":["balaka","trafficking","chamba"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"Meta Muse Spark (via Muse Code)","open_questions":["The weight of the 26 bags was not stated, and no second outlet account was found; the woman meant to receive the consignment was not identified.","The suspect is to appear in court after the cannabis is examined."],"sources":[{"title":"Driver arrested with 26 bags of chamba","url":"https://phoenix-browser.com/?d=3082112346542225307","publisher":"Malawi24 via Phoenix","date":"2026-10-24","archived":null}]},{"id":"salima-senga-bay-5-tonnes-burned","code":"CET-2ZD7X0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/salima-senga-bay-5-tonnes-burned/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2ZD7X0/","date":"2026-01-28","country":"mw","country_name":"Malawi","place":"Senga Bay, Salima","coordinates":[-13.766,34.6107],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police burn five tonnes of seized cannabis at Senga Bay","summary":"Salima police destroyed about five tonnes of cannabis sativa at Senga Bay on 28 January 2026, burning the drugs under the Police Act and Dangerous Drugs Act provisions that allow disposal of seized drugs after six months with no arrests or claims. The cannabis had been intercepted in roadblocks and stop-and-search operations along major roads.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":5000},"tags":["salima","destruction","disposal"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"Meta Muse Spark (via Muse Code)","open_questions":["No arrests were made, so no case followed; the timeframe over which the five tonnes accumulated was not reported."],"sources":[{"title":"Police Burn Seized Cannabis in Salima","url":"https://www.faceofmalawi.com/2026/01/28/police-burn-seized-cannabis-in-salima/","publisher":"Face of Malawi","date":"2026-01-28","archived":null},{"title":"Malawi, poorest nation, burns billions of kwachas worth of cannabis","url":"https://malawi24.com/2026/01/28/malawi-poorest-nation-burns-billions-of-kwachas-worth-of-cannabis/","publisher":"Malawi24","date":"2026-01-28","archived":null}]}]}