{"version":1,"id":"pg","name":"Papua New Guinea","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/pg/","count":7,"totals":{"reports":7,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":5,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":0,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-08","reports":[{"id":"papua-new-guinea-balimo-seizure-2026","code":"CET-HM0WV4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-balimo-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HM0WV4/","date":"2026-10-08","country":"pg","country_name":"Papua New Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.469,145.201],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Balimo police seize 500 kg of marijuana and arrest five","summary":"A police team travelled by dinghy to Gaima village in Balimo, Western Province, and seized 500 kg of marijuana in a dawn raid on 8 October 2026. Five suspects from Nipa-Kutubu in the Southern Highlands and their spouses were arrested; police said locals had harboured them. The suspects and exhibits were being taken to Daru for charges.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"papua-new-guinea-balimo-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"500kg of marijuana seized (9 October 2026)","url":"https://www.thenational.com.pg/500kg-of-marijuana-seized/","publisher":"The National","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"papua-new-guinea-kokopo-seizure-2025","code":"CET-PC58N2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-kokopo-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PC58N2/","date":"2025-08-06","country":"pg","country_name":"Papua New Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.469,145.201],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Kokopo police find 40 kg of marijuana with police and army uniforms","summary":"Police in Kokopo, East New Britain, seized 40 kg of marijuana in three green bags that also held Papua New Guinea Defence Force and police uniforms. The bags were found in the bush at Bitapabeke and Ulagunan after a group of young people fled; no one was arrested at the time. Police said the suspects' identities were known and appealed for them to surrender.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"papua-new-guinea-kokopo-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Police seize 40kg of marijuana (6 August 2025)","url":"https://www.thenational.com.pg/police-seize-40kg-of-marijuana/","publisher":"The National","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"papua-new-guinea-kikori-seizure-2025","code":"CET-SGFBZG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-kikori-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SGFBZG/","date":"2025-07-13","country":"pg","country_name":"Papua New Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.469,145.201],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Kikori police seize 125.6 kg of marijuana bound for Australia","summary":"Gulf police arrested nine people after finding seven bags holding 125.6 kg of marijuana at Kikori on 13 July 2025. Police said the load came from the Southern Highlands and was to be taken by dinghy and road towards Daru and then Australia through Saibai, Cairns and Townsville.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"papua-new-guinea-kikori-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Nine suspects arrested for seven bags of marijuana, says PPC Gulf (17 July 2025)","url":"https://rpngc.gov.pg/nine-suspects-arrested-for-being-in-possession-of-seven-bags-of-marijuana-says-ppc-gulf/","publisher":"Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"papua-new-guinea-airport-smuggling-2025","code":"CET-RWP776","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-airport-smuggling-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/RWP776/","date":"2025-06-19","country":"pg","country_name":"Papua New Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.469,145.201],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police trace marijuana smuggled through Port Moresby airport","summary":"Police reported arresting a couple and a taxi driver from Hela with 13 kg of marijuana that had arrived from the Highlands, and finding about 10 kg left unattended after a flight from Tapini. They were also investigating more than eight bags that arrived on an Air Sanga flight in May and disappeared from the terminal with the help of airport and police officers.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"papua-new-guinea-airport-smuggling-2025","sources":[{"title":"Marijuana freely transported from airline companies under investigation (20 June 2025)","url":"https://rpngc.gov.pg/marijuana-freely-transported-from-airline-companies-under-investigation/","publisher":"Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"papua-new-guinea-kiunga-seizure-2025","code":"CET-B33YW0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-kiunga-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/B33YW0/","date":"2025-05-23","country":"pg","country_name":"Papua New Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.469,145.201],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Kiunga police seize 18 kg of marijuana sent by mail","summary":"Police in Kiunga, Western Province, arrested two men from Western Highlands after finding about 18 kg of dried marijuana in two boxes at Rubber Corner. The boxes had been sent by Mail Express from Mount Hagen via Port Moresby; police put the street value at K90,000–100,000. Both were charged under section 3(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"papua-new-guinea-kiunga-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Two suspects arrested and charged for possession of marijuana (27 May 2025)","url":"https://rpngc.gov.pg/two-suspects-arrested-charged-for-in-possession-of-marijuana-drugs/","publisher":"Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"papua-new-guinea-tabubil-sentence-2024","code":"CET-VW782Y","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-tabubil-sentence-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VW782Y/","date":"2024-11-06","country":"pg","country_name":"Papua New Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.469,145.201],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Tabubil court jails a man six years for 4.5 kg of marijuana","summary":"The Tabubil District Court sentenced Ipark Amlat, 38, to six years' hard labour for possessing 4.5 kg of marijuana, charged under section 3(1)(d) of the Dangerous Drugs Act. He had been arrested on 12 October 2024 and pleaded guilty; 25 days in pre-trial custody were deducted. Police put the street value at K20,000–30,000.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"papua-new-guinea-tabubil-sentence-2024","sources":[{"title":"Tabubil district court sentences a man to six years for marijuana (14 November 2024)","url":"https://rpngc.gov.pg/tabubil-district-court-sentence-a-man-to-six-years-for-allegedly-in-possession-of-marijuana-drugs/","publisher":"Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"papua-new-guinea-arms-barter-prevalence-2006","code":"CET-P6ZN47","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-arms-barter-prevalence-2006/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/P6ZN47/","date":"2006-07-01","country":"pg","country_name":"Papua New Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.469,145.201],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Drugs-for-arms barter reported as PNG tops Oceanian cannabis use","summary":"Reports described barter trade exchanging illicit drugs for arms in the coastal cities of Lae, Madang, Wewak and Port Moresby.[@1] Papua New Guinea shared with Micronesia the highest prevalence of cannabis abuse in Oceania, and cannabis plants were also illicitly cultivated in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"papua-new-guinea-arms-barter-prevalence-2006","sources":[{"title":"Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2006 (E/INCB/2006/1)","url":"https://www.incb.org/documents/Publications/AnnualReports/AR2006/AR_06_Chapter_III_Oceania.pdf","publisher":"United Nations","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}