{"version":1,"id":"st","name":"São Tomé and Príncipe","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/st/","count":3,"totals":{"reports":3,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":1,"seizure":1,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2025-07-29","reports":[{"id":"sao-tome-park-cannabis-arrests-2025","code":"CET-DKHWMQ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sao-tome-park-cannabis-arrests-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/DKHWMQ/","date":"2025-07-29","country":"st","country_name":"São Tomé and Príncipe","place":null,"coordinates":[0.443,6.723],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"São Tomé police arrest three in a park with cannabis and amphetamines","summary":"Judicial police arrested three men in Parque Popular with about 30 grams of liamba, or cannabis, and three doses of amphetamines.[@1] Two were São Toméan and one Portuguese; all were suspected of trafficking, and the judicial authorities imposed bail.[@1] RSTP’s August report quoted a police announcement and recalled the previous year’s raids on cannabis fields and sales points.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trafficking","visitors"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sao-tome-park-cannabis-arrests-2025","sources":[{"title":"PJ apreende 30 gramas de liamba e detém três homens em flagrante em São Tomé","url":"https://rstp.st/2025/08/05/pj-apreende-30-gramas-de-liamba-e-detem-tres-homens-em-flagrante-em-sao-tome/","publisher":"RSTP","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Penal Code republished with the 2021 amendment","url":"https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/sao209843.pdf","publisher":"São Tomé and Príncipe","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Polícia Fiscal do Porto de São Tomé neutraliza entrada de droga no País","url":"https://www.stp-press.st/2017/11/10/policia-fiscal-do-porto-de-sao-tome-neutraliza-entrada-de-droga-no-pais/","publisher":"STP-PRESS","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"sao-tome-cannabis-crop-raids-2024","code":"CET-XY6Z8A","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sao-tome-cannabis-crop-raids-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XY6Z8A/","date":"2024-07-15","country":"st","country_name":"São Tomé and Príncipe","place":null,"coordinates":[0.443,6.723],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"São Tomé police raid cannabis fields and sales points, arresting nine","summary":"Police’s Operation 971 targeted cannabis fields and sales points across São Tomé and Príncipe in July 2024, according to a later account of the operation.[@1] Seven men and two women, all São Toméan, were detained and brought for an initial judicial hearing.[@1] The operation involved the prison and social reintegration service and the state leaders’ protection unit alongside the judicial…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","eradication","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sao-tome-cannabis-crop-raids-2024","sources":[{"title":"PJ apreende 30 gramas de liamba e detém três homens em flagrante em São Tomé","url":"https://rstp.st/2025/08/05/pj-apreende-30-gramas-de-liamba-e-detem-tres-homens-em-flagrante-em-sao-tome/","publisher":"RSTP","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"sao-tome-port-cannabis-seizure-2017","code":"CET-8WCJ03","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sao-tome-port-cannabis-seizure-2017/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8WCJ03/","date":"2017-11-09","country":"st","country_name":"São Tomé and Príncipe","place":null,"coordinates":[0.443,6.723],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"São Tomé port police seize over a kilogram of cannabis on a Lagos ship","summary":"Police detained a Nigerian crew member and a São Toméan alleged accomplice after intercepting more than a kilogram of liamba, or cannabis, at São Tomé’s port.[@1] Criminal investigation police director Suleimany Tenjua said the seizure involved a ship on the Lagos–São Tomé route; the two detainees were to be brought before the judicial authorities.[@1] State news agency STP-PRESS reported the…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trade","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sao-tome-port-cannabis-seizure-2017","sources":[{"title":"Polícia Fiscal do Porto de São Tomé neutraliza entrada de droga no País","url":"https://www.stp-press.st/2017/11/10/policia-fiscal-do-porto-de-sao-tome-neutraliza-entrada-de-droga-no-pais/","publisher":"STP-PRESS","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Penal Code republished with the 2021 amendment","url":"https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/sao209843.pdf","publisher":"São Tomé and Príncipe","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"PJ apreende 30 gramas de liamba e detém três homens em flagrante em São Tomé","url":"https://rstp.st/2025/08/05/pj-apreende-30-gramas-de-liamba-e-detem-tres-homens-em-flagrante-em-sao-tome/","publisher":"RSTP","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}