{"version":1,"id":"ps","name":"Palestine","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/ps/","count":9,"totals":{"reports":9,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":1,"seizure":2,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":1,"sentence":4,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-09-27","reports":[{"id":"palestine-west-bank-drug-arrests-2026","code":"CET-P6YJK5","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-west-bank-drug-arrests-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/P6YJK5/","date":"2026-09-27","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"West Bank drug arrests reach 2,419 in 2026","summary":"Palestinian police in the West Bank said they had handled 2,150 drug cases and arrested 2,419 people, including 50 women, since the start of 2026. More than 100 families had reported relatives to the police in the hope of treatment, the police spokesman said.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-west-bank-drug-arrests-2026","sources":[{"title":"Palestinian police reveal crime statistics, 27 September 2026","url":"https://alquds.com/ar/posts/259382-palestinian-police-crime-statistics-drugs-cybercrime-report","publisher":"Al-Quds","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-jericho-hashish-seizure-2026","code":"CET-AFVJ5K","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-jericho-hashish-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/AFVJ5K/","date":"2026-07-10","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Palestinian police seize 23 kg of hashish in Jericho","summary":"The PA anti-narcotics police seized 230 slabs of hashish weighing 23 kg in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, worth more than 500,000 shekels. Police said the haul was meant for distribution in several governorates and some for smuggling across the border; no arrests were announced in the first statement.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-jericho-hashish-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Pre-emptive strike against drug dealers: 23 kg of hashish seized in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, 10 July 2026","url":"https://www.akhbar-sharq.com/news/61015","publisher":"Akhbar Al-Sharq","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-gaza-zeitoun-drug-raid-2025","code":"CET-BZTC46","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-gaza-zeitoun-drug-raid-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BZTC46/","date":"2025-11-16","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Gaza police seize hashish and cannabis plants in Zeitoun","summary":"Gaza's anti-narcotics police raided a home in Zeitoun, south of Gaza City, and seized 21 slabs of hashish, 317 Rotana pills, five marijuana plants, a rifle and ammunition. Two suspects were arrested; the police said drug flows into Gaza had risen since the war.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-gaza-zeitoun-drug-raid-2025","sources":[{"title":"Gaza police seize drugs and weapons in raid on Zeitoun, 17 November 2025","url":"https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251117-gaza-police-seize-drugs-and-weapons-in-raid-on-zeitoun-neighbourhood/","publisher":"Middle East Monitor","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-public-prosecution-drug-cases-2024","code":"CET-SXWAJP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-public-prosecution-drug-cases-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SXWAJP/","date":"2025-04-14","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Palestinian prosecutors handled 1,396 drug cases in 2024","summary":"The Palestinian Public Prosecution's 2024 annual report said it opened investigations into 1,396 drug cases and resolved 97% of them. The report covers the areas under PA jurisdiction; Gaza's courts were outside the PA system and largely closed by the war.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-public-prosecution-drug-cases-2024","sources":[{"title":"Public Prosecution issues its 15th annual report for 2024, 14 April 2025","url":"https://wafa.ps/Pages/Details/119026","publisher":"WAFA","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-gaza-military-drug-sentences-2023","code":"CET-MVXZHT","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-gaza-military-drug-sentences-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MVXZHT/","date":"2023-07-25","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Gaza military courts hand down two more drug death sentences","summary":"Gaza's military appeal and permanent courts sentenced two men to death and eight to life imprisonment in a batch of drug cases. One man was convicted of repeated trafficking under article 29 of the 2013 drug law; the other of importing drugs for trafficking under article 28.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-gaza-military-drug-sentences-2023","sources":[{"title":"Gaza: death and life sentences for drug dealers, 25 July 2023","url":"https://alquds.com/ar/posts/80596","publisher":"Al-Quds","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-gaza-trafficking-death-sentence-2023","code":"CET-P90363","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-gaza-trafficking-death-sentence-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/P90363/","date":"2023-01-30","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Gaza court again sentences a drug trafficker to death","summary":"Gaza's Supreme Criminal Chamber sentenced a 30-year-old man to death by hanging for possessing and trafficking narcotics to Israel. PCHR called it the first death sentence of 2023 and said the number issued since 1994 had reached 281, including 251 in Gaza.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-gaza-trafficking-death-sentence-2023","sources":[{"title":"Death sentence against a drug dealer in Gaza, 31 January 2023","url":"https://pchrgaza.org/ar/%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85/","publisher":"PCHR","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Gaza: man sentenced to death for drug trafficking, 5 February 2023","url":"https://www.handsoffcain.info/notizia/gaza-man-sentenced-to-death-for-drug-trafficking-60368063","publisher":"Hands Off Cain","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-gaza-hashish-death-sentence-2022","code":"CET-VWWPXM","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-gaza-hashish-death-sentence-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VWWPXM/","date":"2022-10-09","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Gaza court sentences a hashish dealer to death","summary":"Gaza's Grand Criminal Court sentenced a man to death by hanging for possessing hashish and 'happy pills' with intent to traffic, a repeat offence. SHAMS said the PA's 2018 drug law did not provide death; PCHR later said Gaza's 2013 law did. It was the first death sentence by that court in a drug case.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-gaza-hashish-death-sentence-2022","sources":[{"title":"statement on a death sentence in a drug case, 10 October 2022","url":"https://www.shams-pal.org/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/press-releases/press10_10_2022.pdf","publisher":"SHAMS Center","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Gaza: death sentence for a drug dealer, 10 October 2022","url":"https://pnn.ps/news/664834","publisher":"Palestine News Network","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Death sentence against a drug dealer in Gaza, 31 January 2023","url":"https://pchrgaza.org/ar/%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85/","publisher":"PCHR","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-gaza-drug-death-sentences-2017","code":"CET-R3QNHF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-gaza-drug-death-sentences-2017/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/R3QNHF/","date":"2017-03-19","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Hamas court sentences two drug dealers to death","summary":"A Hamas military court in Gaza sentenced two men to death for drug dealing, the first such verdicts since Hamas took power in 2007. One was to be executed by firing squad and the other was sentenced in absentia; the interior ministry said police had seized $2 million of drugs in January, mostly cannabis and narcotics.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-gaza-drug-death-sentences-2017","sources":[{"title":"Gaza: Hamas sentences 2 drug dealers to death, 19 March 2017","url":"https://www.handsoffcain.info/notizia/gaza-hamas-sentences-2-drug-dealers-to-death-30305796","publisher":"Hands Off Cain","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-yasid-cannabis-raid-2016","code":"CET-M5QPSC","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-yasid-cannabis-raid-2016/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/M5QPSC/","date":"2016-03-15","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Palestinian police uproot 2,000 cannabis saplings in Yasid","summary":"Police raided seven greenhouses in the village of Yasid, north of Nablus, and seized more than 2,000 cannabis saplings. Two suspects were arrested after they tried to flee; the raid was part of a West Bank crackdown that also seized 370 plants and 54 kg of dried cannabis in Jenin.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-yasid-cannabis-raid-2016","sources":[{"title":"Palestinian police in West Bank cannabis raid, 16 March 2016","url":"https://hightimes.com/news/palestinian-police-in-west-bank-cannabis-raid/","publisher":"High Times","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}