{"version":1,"id":"sk","name":"Slovakia","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/sk/","count":3,"totals":{"reports":3,"arrested":1,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":1,"arrest":0,"prosecution":1,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-01-23","reports":[{"id":"pezinok-kvetinar-grow","code":"CET-CQBKKQ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/pezinok-kvetinar-grow/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CQBKKQ/","date":"2026-01-23","country":"sk","country_name":"Slovakia","place":"Pezinok","coordinates":[48.2855,17.2702],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest","prosecution"],"title":"Pezinok drug unit charges a 66-year-old after a grow house search","summary":"Slovakia's national drug unit searched a house in central Pezinok on the evening of 21 January 2026 and detained a man and a woman. Two days later it charged a 66-year-old man after finding almost 20 kg of dried marijuana and almost 300 cannabis plants.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["pezinok","kvetinar"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.sme.sk/domov/c/policia-obvinila-v-ramci-protidrogovej-akcie-kvetinar-66-rocneho-muza","media_url":"https://image.smedata.sk/image/w1200-h630/019be59d-b482-7563-98d5-011677a987ef.jpg","publisher":"SME","caption":"Cannabis plants under lamps in the Pezinok grow room, a police photograph published by SME.","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260124052958/https://www.sme.sk/domov/c/policia-obvinila-v-ramci-protidrogovej-akcie-kvetinar-66-rocneho-muza"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.pravda.sk/spravy/domace/clanok/783273-video-policia-zaistila-20-kil-drogy-pozrite-si-autenticke-zabery-zo-zasahu","media_url":"https://prvd.sk/cdn/2026/01/23/16x9-big/akcia-kvetinar.jpg?v=EE4","publisher":"Pravda","caption":"A still from police video of the Kvetinár operation, showing an officer with a firearm. The Bratislava police crest is in the corner."},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.pravda.sk/spravy/domace/clanok/783273-video-policia-zaistila-20-kil-drogy-pozrite-si-autenticke-zabery-zo-zasahu","media_url":"https://prvd.sk/cdn/2026/01/22/4x3-medium/drogy-marihuana-pezinok_04.jpg?v=T/w","publisher":"Pravda","caption":"Officers in Slovak police vests holding a grey-haired man in a black hooded jacket inside an ornate room."},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.pravda.sk/spravy/domace/clanok/783273-video-policia-zaistila-20-kil-drogy-pozrite-si-autenticke-zabery-zo-zasahu","media_url":"https://prvd.sk/cdn/2026/01/22/4x3-medium/drogy-marihuana-pezinok_03.jpg?v=Xy8","publisher":"Pravda","caption":"Another view of the Pezinok grow room, with plants under lamps and a green bin against the tiled wall."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"spacexai/grok-4.7","open_questions":["The police figure is almost 20 kg and almost 300 plants, not an exact weight or plant count.","The first reports said several dozen kilograms of dried marijuana. The spokesperson's figure the next day was almost 20 kg.","A woman was detained with the man. The charging statement names only the 66-year-old man and does not say what happened to her.","The house is described as in the town centre. No street address is given, so the pin is Pezinok.","The pages do not say whether the plants were destroyed."],"sources":[{"title":"Polícia obvinila v rámci protidrogovej akcie Kvetinár 66-ročného muža","url":"https://www.sme.sk/domov/c/policia-obvinila-v-ramci-protidrogovej-akcie-kvetinar-66-rocneho-muza","publisher":"SME","date":"2026-01-23","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260124052958/https://www.sme.sk/domov/c/policia-obvinila-v-ramci-protidrogovej-akcie-kvetinar-66-rocneho-muza"},{"title":"VIDEO: Polícia zaistila 20 kíl drogy. Pozrite si autentické zábery zo zásahu","url":"https://www.pravda.sk/spravy/domace/clanok/783273-video-policia-zaistila-20-kil-drogy-pozrite-si-autenticke-zabery-zo-zasahu","publisher":"Pravda","date":"2026-01-23","archived":null},{"title":"Nebol to kvetinár, ale pestovateľ marihuany. Polícia v dome našla desiatky kilogramov sušiny","url":"https://my.sme.sk/zahorie/c/nebol-to-kvetinar-ale-pestovatel-marihuany-policia-v-dome-nasla-desiatky-kilogramov-susiny","publisher":"SME","date":"2026-01-22","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260124071741/https://my.sme.sk/zahorie/c/nebol-to-kvetinar-ale-pestovatel-marihuany-policia-v-dome-nasla-desiatky-kilogramov-susiny"}]},{"id":"slovakia-ilava-cannabis-greenhouse-charge","code":"CET-NGT9S9","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/slovakia-ilava-cannabis-greenhouse-charge/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NGT9S9/","date":"2025-12-12","country":"sk","country_name":"Slovakia","place":"Ilava District, Trenčín Region","coordinates":[48.99,18.23],"precision":"district","type":"prosecution","also":["raid","seizure","arrest"],"title":"44-year-old charged over cannabis greenhouse in Slovakia's Ilava district","summary":"A 44-year-old man from the Ilava district in Slovakia has been charged with a drugs crime after police searched his family house and found several cannabis plants, seeds, a grinder and processed cannabis. Police said he grew the plants in a greenhouse from about April to 14 October 2025 for his own use; he was briefly detained and released.","status":"reported","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1},"tags":["ilava","greenhouse","personal-use","cannabis"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/OQkAepQ/policajti-z-trencianskeho-kraja-odhalili-nelegalnu-plantaz-konopy-podozriveho-obvinili/","publisher":"Aktuality.sk","caption":"Cannabis plants in a police photograph published with the case announcement. Photo: Polícia SR – Trenčiansky kraj via Aktuality.sk"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["The date of the house search and charge is not stated; 12 December 2025 is the date the police announced the case and both outlets published it. Police said the plants were grown from about April to 14 October 2025.","Police gave no number of plants and no weight of dried cannabis, so no plant or kilogram figure is recorded.","Aktuality.sk described the charge as unauthorised possession of narcotic and psychotropic substances; Trenčínak.sk, quoting the police, described it as unauthorised production and possession. The report follows the fuller wording.","The village in the Ilava district where the search took place is not named; the place is therefore recorded at district level.","No court date, plea or outcome has been reported."],"sources":[{"title":"Polícia odhalila pestovanie konopy v Ilave, muž čelí obvineniam","url":"https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/OQkAepQ/policajti-z-trencianskeho-kraja-odhalili-nelegalnu-plantaz-konopy-podozriveho-obvinili/","publisher":"Aktuality.sk","date":"2025-12-12","archived":null},{"title":"Trenčianski kriminalisti odhalili pestovateľa konope v okrese Ilava, 44-ročný muž bol prepustený na slobodu","url":"https://www.trencinak.sk/clanky/10371/trencianski-kriminalisti-odhalili-pestovatela-konope-v-okrese-ilava-44-rocny-muz-bol-prepusteny-na-slobodu","publisher":"Trenčínak.sk","date":"2025-12-12","archived":null}]},{"id":"trnava-sipos-house-arrest","code":"CET-JBVFWN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/trnava-sipos-house-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/JBVFWN/","date":"2025-11-27","country":"sk","country_name":"Slovakia","place":"Trnava","coordinates":[48.3768,17.5858],"precision":"locality","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Trnava court converts the rest of Josef Šipoš's cannabis sentence to house arrest","summary":"On 27 November 2025 the District Court in Trnava converted the remaining 1,289 days of Josef Šipoš's seven-year sentence to house arrest. A 2021 search of his house in Dolné Zelenice had found more than 11 kg of cannabis.","status":"verified","figures":{"charged":1,"prison":"1,289 days, house arrest"},"tags":["trnava","dolne-zelenice","sipos"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.noviny.sk/slovensko/1139229-pestovatel-konope-j-sipos-si-zvysok-trestu-odpyka-v-domacom-vaezeni","media_url":"https://img.joj.sk/r1200x/85320e96-b84c-4555-b58d-b9e87f639d04","publisher":"Noviny.sk","caption":"A man in a black suit, with an orange armband, speaking at a courtroom table. Noviny published the photograph with its report of the hearing.","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20251127115206/https://www.noviny.sk/slovensko/1139229-pestovatel-konope-j-sipos-si-zvysok-trestu-odpyka-v-domacom-vaezeni"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"spacexai/grok-4.7","open_questions":["The reports say more than 11 kg of cannabis was found in 2021. They do not give an exact weight.","They do not give the day of the 2021 search, only the year, and they do not give a street address in Dolné Zelenice.","The pin is Trnava, where the court sat. The cannabis was found at his house in Dolné Zelenice.","Aktuality's photograph is credited to police in Prešov, not to this case, so it was not used."],"sources":[{"title":"Súd rozhodol: pestovateľ konope Josef Šipoš si zvyšok trestu odpyká doma","url":"https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/8eNTHK7/sud-rozhodol-pestovatel-konope-josef-sipos-si-zvysok-trestu-odpyka-doma/","publisher":"Aktuality.sk","date":"2025-11-27","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260120115122/https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/8eNTHK7/sud-rozhodol-pestovatel-konope-josef-sipos-si-zvysok-trestu-odpyka-doma/"},{"title":"Pestovateľ konope J. Šipoš si zvyšok trestu odpyká v domácom väzení","url":"https://www.noviny.sk/slovensko/1139229-pestovatel-konope-j-sipos-si-zvysok-trestu-odpyka-v-domacom-vaezeni","publisher":"Noviny.sk","date":"2025-11-27","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20251127115206/https://www.noviny.sk/slovensko/1139229-pestovatel-konope-j-sipos-si-zvysok-trestu-odpyka-v-domacom-vaezeni"}]}]}