{"version":1,"id":"sa","name":"Saudi Arabia","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/sa/","count":1,"totals":{"reports":1,"arrested":8,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":2.5,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-30","reports":[{"id":"saudi-qassim-hail-eight-arrests","code":"CET-2G3GF7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/saudi-qassim-hail-eight-arrests/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2G3GF7/","date":"2026-10-30","country":"sa","country_name":"Saudi Arabia","place":"Qassim and Hail regions, Saudi Arabia","coordinates":[26.35,43.967],"precision":"region","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Saudi anti-narcotics police arrest eight over hashish and amphetamine","summary":"Saudi Arabia's General Directorate of Narcotics Control arrested eight citizens in two operations: six in Qassim accused of promoting hashish and amphetamine, and two in Hail accused of possessing and promoting 2.5 kg of hashish and tablets subject to medical-sale controls. All were detained and referred to the Public Prosecution; no names or court dates were reported.","status":"reported","figures":{"arrested":8,"kg_seized":2.5},"tags":["saudi-arabia","hashish","amphetamine","qassim","hail"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://ajel.sa/local/phn2iauei","media_url":"https://cdn.ajel.sa/articles/2026-10/Capture-crop-TT--R2We.jpg","publisher":"عاجل","caption":"Several men stand with their backs to the camera in front of a General Directorate of Narcotics Control backdrop in the lead photo of the arrests report."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"alibaba-token-plan/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017#max","open_questions":["The reports give no separate date for the arrests; 30 October 2026 is their publication date.","No town or city within Qassim or Hail was named; the coordinates are for Buraydah, the Qassim regional capital.","None of the eight was named, no ages were given, and no court dates or sentences were reported.","No weight was given for the hashish and amphetamine attributed to the six in Qassim, and no count was given for the Hail tablets.","Ajel described the Hail pair as promoting the drugs, while Al-Saudi News also said they possessed them.","Both outlets appear to reproduce the same directorate announcement; no agency page or independent reporting could be opened."],"sources":[{"title":"القبض على 8 أشخاص لترويجهم الحشيش والإمفيتامين بالقصيم وحائل","url":"https://ajel.sa/local/phn2iauei","publisher":"عاجل","date":"2026-10-30","archived":null},{"title":"مكافحة المخدرات تطيح بـ8 أشخاص بتهمة ترويج الحشيش والإمفيتامين في القصيم وحائل","url":"https://alsaudi.news/local/3010/114358/","publisher":"السعودية الإخبارية","date":"2026-10-30","archived":null}]}]}