{"version":1,"id":"sr","name":"Suriname","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/sr/","count":7,"totals":{"reports":7,"arrested":11,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":3.086,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":1,"arrest":6,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-11-05","reports":[{"id":"suriname-tamanredjo-drugs-sale-schools-arrest","code":"CET-9DP1NP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/suriname-tamanredjo-drugs-sale-schools-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/9DP1NP/","date":"2026-11-05","added_at":"2026-11-08T23:17:52.503277Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"sr","country_name":"Suriname","place":"Tamansarie, Tamanredjo, Commewijne District","coordinates":[5.7817,-55.0194],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Two arrested selling crack and cannabis by Tamanredjo schools","summary":"Police arrested two people at Tamansarie on 5 November 2026 after a tip that a dealer was selling drugs from his car near two schools in Tamanredjo. Officers found crack cocaine and marijuana plus packaging material and a precision scale in the car; the suspected seller was detained while the drug user arrested with him was released.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["sale"],"setting":["vehicle","school"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact","region":"Commewijne"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1]},"tags":["tamanredjo","commewijne","regio-oost"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["No quantities or weights were given for the crack cocaine or marijuana, so no cannabis weight can be recorded.","Only one source, Dagblad Suriname citing Police Region East, could be opened; no second independent report was found.","Waterkant still gives no weight or quantity for the marijuana or the crack cocaine.","Waterkant does not say whether J.R. has been brought before a judge or charged."],"sources":[{"title":"Verdachte aangehouden die drugs verkocht in omgeving twee scholen te Tamanredjo","url":"https://www.dbsuriname.com/2026/11/08/verdachte-aangehouden-die-drugs-verkocht-in-omgeving-twee-scholen-te-tamanredjo/","publisher":"Dagblad Suriname","date":"2026-11-08","archived":null},{"title":"Tip over drugsverkoop bij scholen leidt tot aanhouding verdachte in Tamansarie","url":"https://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2026/11/09/tip-over-drugsverkoop-bij-scholen-leidt-tot-aanhouding-verdachte-in-tamansarie/","publisher":"Waterkant","date":"2026-11-09","archived":null}]},{"id":"albina-moengo-drugs-check-hashish-arrest","code":"CET-PYHSK5","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/albina-moengo-drugs-check-hashish-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PYHSK5/","date":"2026-11-04","added_at":"2026-11-08T20:28:46.815Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"sr","country_name":"Suriname","place":"Albina and Moengo, Marowijne district","coordinates":[5.6833,-54.0333],"precision":"district","type":"arrest","also":["seizure","raid"],"title":"Warning shots in Albina drugs check; man held with hashish in Moengo","summary":"A Surinamese police unit checked drug sales points in Albina and Moengo in Marowijne district on 4 November 2026, firing warning shots in Albina when a suspect ran off into a thicket. In Moengo police held a man known by the initials P.R. with an unspecified amount of hashish, which he said was for his own use, and kept him in pre-trial custody.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1},"details":{"agencies":["Korps Politie Suriname","Openbaar Ministerie Suriname"],"agency_types":["police","prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"hashish"}],"activity":["sale","possession"],"setting":["street","shop"],"case_stage":"investigation","force":["shots-fired"],"date_precision":"exact","region":"Marowijne"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.force":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1]},"tags":["marowijne","albina","moengo","hashish","narcotica-brigade"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2026/11/06/waarschuwingsschoten-bij-drugsactie-te-albina-man-met-hasj-aangehouden-in-moengo/","media_url":"https://www.waterkant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/aangehouden-Oost-Suriname-696x392.jpg","publisher":"Waterkant","caption":"Photo published with the report of the man held with hashish in Moengo, captioned 'man met hasj aangehouden in Moengo'; no credit given."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["No weight or street value was published for the hashish found on P.R.; the amount is given only as 'een hoeveelheid hasj'.","No charge, trial date or court outcome is reported beyond the decision to hold P.R. in verzekering pending investigation.","The two men approached in Albina were not identified and neither was charged in these accounts; the man taken to the station is described as brought there to calm down, with no drugs found on him.","Police did not say whether the man who fled in Albina was later traced.","All available accounts reproduce the same Korps Politie Suriname statement; a keynews.sr version could not be opened (HTTP 403).","Only one distinct account of this event was found: Dagblad Suriname repeats the same Korps Politie Suriname statement as Waterkant."],"sources":[{"title":"Waarschuwingsschoten bij drugsactie te Albina, man met hasj aangehouden in Moengo","url":"https://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2026/11/06/waarschuwingsschoten-bij-drugsactie-te-albina-man-met-hasj-aangehouden-in-moengo/","publisher":"Waterkant","date":"2026-11-06","archived":null},{"title":"Aanhoudingen bij drugscontroles te Albina en Moengo","url":"https://www.dbsuriname.com/2026/11/06/aanhoudingen-bij-drugscontroles-te-albina-en-moengo/","publisher":"Dagblad Suriname","date":"2026-11-06","archived":null}]},{"id":"suriname-bealaan-56g-marijuana-arrest","code":"CET-467XG0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/suriname-bealaan-56g-marijuana-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/467XG0/","date":"2026-11-03","added_at":"2026-11-05T13:28:23.21048Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"sr","country_name":"Suriname","place":"Bealaan, Paramaribo","coordinates":[5.826,-55.16],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["raid","seizure"],"title":"Man, 53, held after trying to flush 56 g of marijuana in Paramaribo","summary":"Suriname's Narcotica Brigade arrested a 53-year-old man at an address on the Bealaan in Paramaribo on 3 November 2026 after he tried and failed to flush 56 grams of marijuana down the toilet. Police held him in verzekering, Suriname's pre-trial custody, after consulting prosecutors.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":0.056},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":0.056}],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.agency_types":[2,3,4,1],"details.case_stage":[2,3,4],"details.date_precision":[2],"details.products":[2,3,4],"figures.arrested":[2],"figures.kg_seized":[2,3,4]},"tags":["paramaribo","narcotica-brigade","bealaan"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://politie.sr/narcotica-brigade-houdt-met-ondersteuning-van-at-en-qrt-drugsverdachte-aan/","media_url":"https://politie.sr/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Kps-Logo-NEW.jpg","publisher":"Korps Politie Suriname","caption":"The only image on the police statement of the Bealaan arrest is the Korps Politie Suriname crest, not a picture of the raid or the seized cannabis."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The sources give only the Bealaan as the location; the street number, the neighbourhood and which of the two addresses was searched are not published.","No charge, trial date or court outcome is reported; the suspect's detention in verzekering was pending the investigation.","The police did not say what the marijuana was intended for or give a street value.","No photo of this raid or the seized marijuana was published; GFC Nieuws used an illustrative photo and SUN a generic police-car image, so neither is listed as a picture of the event.","All four accounts repeat or reduce the same Korps Politie Suriname statement; no independent on-the-ground reporting was found."],"sources":[{"title":"Politieactie Bealaan: verdachte aangehouden met 56 gram marihuana","url":"https://www.surinametimes.com/artikel/politieactie-bealaan-verdachte-aangehouden-met-56-gram-marihuana","publisher":"Times of Suriname","date":"2026-11-05","archived":null},{"title":"Narcotica Brigade houdt met ondersteuning van AT en QRT drugsverdachte aan","url":"https://politie.sr/narcotica-brigade-houdt-met-ondersteuning-van-at-en-qrt-drugsverdachte-aan/","publisher":"Korps Politie Suriname","date":"2026-11-04","archived":null},{"title":"Verdachte probeert 56 gram marihuana door te spoelen tijdens politieactie aan Bealaan","url":"https://www.gfcnieuws.com/verdachte-probeert-56-gram-marihuana-door-te-spoelen-tijdens-politieactie-aan-bealaan/","publisher":"GFC Nieuws","date":"2026-11-04","archived":null},{"title":"53-jarige man aangehouden met 56 gram marihuana","url":"https://sun.sr/nieuws/lokaal/53-jarige-man-aangehouden-met-56-gram-marihuana?id=45975","publisher":"SUN (Suriname U-News)","date":"2026-11-04","archived":null}]},{"id":"suriname-marienburg-official-72g-hashish-2026","code":"CET-GPR1PF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/suriname-marienburg-official-72g-hashish-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GPR1PF/","date":"2026-10-31","added_at":"2026-11-03T01:16:34.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"sr","country_name":"Suriname","place":"Corner of Zuster Jensenweg and Hoofdweg, Mariënburg","coordinates":[5.875,-55.047],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Civil servant, 37, held with 72 grams of hashish in Mariënburg","summary":"Police in eastern Suriname arrested 37-year-old civil servant O.S. in Mariënburg on 31 October 2026 with 72 grams of hashish. He said it was for personal use, but he is also accused of selling drugs to young people and was placed in pretrial detention.","status":"reported","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":0.072},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"hashish"}],"activity":["sale"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,3,2],"details.case_stage":[1,3],"details.date_precision":[1,3],"details.products":[1,3],"figures.arrested":[1,3],"figures.kg_seized":[1,3]},"tags":["marienburg","hashish","commewijne"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["No independent weighing of the 72 grams of hashish is reported.","The allegation of selling drugs to young people and prior police stops is attributed only to information received by the newsroom, with no named source.","The second opened page is a reprint of the same Waterkant account, so it does not provide independent confirmation.","No charge beyond suspicion under the Narcotics Act and no court outcome are reported yet.","The Drimble page shows only a truncated teaser ending with outstanding text about the Zuster Jensenweg stop and refers readers to the original source for the rest."],"sources":[{"title":"Ambtenaar met hasj aangehouden, ook verdacht van drugshandel onder jongeren","url":"https://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2026/11/02/ambtenaar-met-hasj-aangehouden-ook-verdacht-van-drugshandel-onder-jongeren/","publisher":"Waterkant","date":"2026-11-02","archived":null},{"title":"Ambtenaar met hasj aangehouden, ook verdacht van drugshandel onder jongeren","url":"https://surinamenieuwscentrale.com/ambtenaar-met-hasj-aangehouden-ook-verdacht-van-drugshandel-onder-jongeren","publisher":"Suriname Nieuws Centrale","date":"2026-11-02","archived":null},{"title":"Ambtenaar met hasj aangehouden, ook verdacht van drugshandel onder jongeren","url":"https://drimble.nl/dossiers/multicultureel/suriname/108472037/ambtenaar-met-hasj-aangehouden-ook-verdacht-van-drugshandel-onder-jongeren.html","publisher":"Drimble","date":"2026-11-02","archived":null}]},{"id":"suriname-burnside-police-officer-cannabis","code":"CET-K2H474","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/suriname-burnside-police-officer-cannabis/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/K2H474/","date":"2026-08-24","added_at":"2026-11-01T10:29:38.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"sr","country_name":"Suriname","place":"Burnside checkpoint, Coronie","coordinates":[5.9006,-56.4098],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Suriname police officer held at Burnside checkpoint with two suitcases of cannabis","summary":"A Suriname police officer was arrested at the Burnside checkpoint in Coronie on 24 August 2026 after officers found two suitcases of suspected marijuana in his vehicle. Police held him in custody and sent the case to their internal investigation department.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1},"details":{"agency_types":["police","prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"setting":["border"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.agency_types":[1,2,3],"details.case_stage":[1,2,3],"details.date_precision":[1,2,3],"details.products":[1,2,3],"details.setting":[1,2,3],"figures.arrested":[1,2,3]},"tags":["suriname","coronie","burnside","police-officer"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://politie.sr/vermoedelijke-marihuana-in-beslag-genomen-bij-bij-politieman-te-controlepost-burnside-politieambtenaar-in-verzekering-gesteld/","media_url":"https://politie.sr/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/West-Politieman.jpeg","publisher":"Korps Politie Suriname","caption":"Two suitcases holding plastic-wrapped blocks labelled “Queen cannabis”, photographed by police after the arrest at Burnside. Photo: Korps Politie Suriname.","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260826101024/https://politie.sr/vermoedelijke-marihuana-in-beslag-genomen-bij-bij-politieman-te-controlepost-burnside-politieambtenaar-in-verzekering-gesteld/"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["The weight of the cannabis in the two suitcases was not given.","The officer is identified only by initials, which the sources give in different orders (L.R. and R.L.).","The police statement says he was taken to the station in Coronie; Dagblad Suriname says Totness.","No charge or court outcome was reported.","Two of the sources repeat the police statement.","Dagblad Suriname reports three other arrests with suspected marijuana at the same checkpoint the previous day, a separate event not covered here."],"sources":[{"title":"Vermoedelijke marihuana in beslag genomen bij politieman te controlepost Burnside; politieambtenaar in verzekering gesteld","url":"https://politie.sr/vermoedelijke-marihuana-in-beslag-genomen-bij-bij-politieman-te-controlepost-burnside-politieambtenaar-in-verzekering-gesteld/","publisher":"Korps Politie Suriname","date":"2026-08-24","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260826101024/https://politie.sr/vermoedelijke-marihuana-in-beslag-genomen-bij-bij-politieman-te-controlepost-burnside-politieambtenaar-in-verzekering-gesteld/"},{"title":"Politieagent met marihuana aangehouden","url":"https://www.dbsuriname.com/2026/08/25/politieagent-met-marihuana-aangehouden/","publisher":"Dagblad Suriname","date":"2026-08-25","archived":null},{"title":"Vermoedelijke marihuana in beslag genomen bij politieman te controlepost Burnside; politieambtenaar in verzekering gesteld","url":"https://surinamenieuwscentrale.com/vermoedelijke-marihuana-beslag-genomen-bij-bij-politieman-te-controlepost-burnside-politieambtenaar","publisher":"Suriname Nieuws Centrale","date":"2026-08-25","archived":null}]},{"id":"suriname-burnside-three-cannabis-arrest","code":"CET-6PAJ68","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/suriname-burnside-three-cannabis-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6PAJ68/","date":"2026-08-23","added_at":"2026-11-01T13:06:59.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"sr","country_name":"Suriname","place":"Burnside police checkpoint, Coronie district","coordinates":[5.9006,-56.4098],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Three held at Burnside checkpoint with bags of suspected cannabis","summary":"Police at the Burnside checkpoint in Coronie stopped a car on the evening of 23 August 2026 and found plant material resembling cannabis in several plastic bags. The three occupants were held after consultation with prosecutors, and the Narcotics Brigade took over the investigation.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":3},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"setting":["border"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.arrested":[1,2]},"tags":["burnside","coronie","narcotics-brigade","kps"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://politie.sr/drie-verdachten-aangehouden-met-vermoedelijke-marihuana-te-burnside/","media_url":"https://politie.sr/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/West-aanhouding.jpeg","publisher":"Korps Politie Suriname","caption":"The three suspects, their faces obscured, with the black bags of seized plant material after the checkpoint arrest.","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260826073144/https://politie.sr/drie-verdachten-aangehouden-met-vermoedelijke-marihuana-te-burnside/"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"command-code/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["No weight was published for the plant material found in the car.","The police did not say where the three were travelling from or to.","No charge, court date or outcome is reported; the case was handed to the Narcotics Brigade.","The two published accounts repeat the same police statement; no independent reporting was found.","Police reported a separate case at the same checkpoint the same night, in which an officer was stopped with two suitcases of suspected cannabis; that event is not covered here."],"sources":[{"title":"Drie verdachten aangehouden met vermoedelijke marihuana te Burnside","url":"https://politie.sr/drie-verdachten-aangehouden-met-vermoedelijke-marihuana-te-burnside/","publisher":"Korps Politie Suriname","date":"2026-08-24","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260826073144/https://politie.sr/drie-verdachten-aangehouden-met-vermoedelijke-marihuana-te-burnside/"},{"title":"Drie verdachten te Burnside aangehouden met vermoedelijk marihuana in auto","url":"https://www.dbsuriname.com/2026/08/24/drie-verdachten-te-burnside-aangehouden-met-vermoedelijk-marihuana-in-auto/","publisher":"Dagblad Suriname","date":"2026-08-24","archived":null}]},{"id":"suriname-paramaribo-2958g-cannabis-raid","code":"CET-0V1V2K","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/suriname-paramaribo-2958g-cannabis-raid/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0V1V2K/","date":"2026-08-11","added_at":"2026-11-01T12:01:14.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"sr","country_name":"Suriname","place":"Paramaribo","coordinates":[5.852,-55.2038],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Suriname police raid a Paramaribo address and seize 2.96 kg of cannabis","summary":"Suriname's Narcotica Brigade and intervention units raided a Paramaribo address on 11 August 2026 on Narcotic Intelligence Unit information and arrested two suspects, M.P. 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Officers seized 2,958 grams of suspected drugs — 2,779 grams of marijuana and 179 grams of hashish — plus scales, packaging, cash and phones.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":2.958},"details":{"agency_types":["police","prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"hashish","kg":2.958},{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["trafficking"],"setting":["street"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2],"details.setting":[2,1],"figures.arrested":[1,2],"figures.kg_seized":[1,2]},"tags":["paramaribo","narcoticabrigade"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://politie.sr/politie-onderschept-bijna-3-kilogram-vermoedelijke-drugs/","media_url":"https://politie.sr/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/weed.jpg","publisher":"Korps Politie Suriname","caption":"Suspected marijuana in a bag with smaller zip-lock packages, in the police evidence photo of the 11 August seizure."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["The police statement does not give the address or the neighbourhood of the raided premises.","Whether the seized cash and phones belong to the suspects was not stated.","No charge or court outcome was reported; both suspects were held in custody pending the investigation.","The police said the exact weight and composition of the seized material still had to be established.","Dagblad Suriname's 21 August report of two raids in Paramaribo-Noord with three arrests is a separate event and is left out here."],"sources":[{"title":"Politie onderschept bijna 3 kilogram vermoedelijke drugs","url":"https://politie.sr/politie-onderschept-bijna-3-kilogram-vermoedelijke-drugs/","publisher":"Korps Politie Suriname","date":"2026-08-12","archived":null},{"title":"Grote drugsvangst in Paramaribo: bijna drie kilogram cannabis en hasj in beslag genomen","url":"https://www.aardbolnieuws.com/2026/08/grote-drugsvangst-in-paramaribo-bijna.html","publisher":"Aardbol Nieuws","date":"2026-08-12","archived":null}]}]}