{"version":1,"id":"tl","name":"Timor-Leste","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/tl/","count":7,"totals":{"reports":7,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":3,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":3,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-05-05","reports":[{"id":"timor-leste-cannabis-case-adjourned-2026","code":"CET-16VEC2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-cannabis-case-adjourned-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/16VEC2/","date":"2026-05-05","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Family ties and absent defendants stall Timor-Leste's cannabis case","summary":"The first trial hearing in the 13-defendant case was adjourned without a new date because three defendants did not appear and some judges were related to defendants. The defence asked the Superior Council of the Judiciary to decide whether the judge should stay on the panel. The case had already been in court for nearly four years.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-cannabis-case-adjourned-2026","sources":[{"title":"«Tribunál la konsege julga arguidu na’in-13 ba kazu droga», 5 May 2026","url":"https://tatoli.tl/2026/05/05/tribunal-la-konsege-julga-arguidu-nain-13-ba-kazu-droga/","publisher":"TATOLI","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"timor-leste-cannabis-case-trial-2025","code":"CET-41V3W3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-cannabis-case-trial-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/41V3W3/","date":"2025-05-30","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Timor-Leste's 2022 cannabis case reaches court after nearly three years","summary":"The Dili court began the pre-trial debate in the case against 13 defendants charged after the 12 August 2022 raids; nine appeared and four were abroad. The 2022 seizure included hashish, hashish chocolate and 0.50 g of methamphetamine, with $4,139.25 in cash. Witnesses described the intelligence-led raids and disputed who had detained the first five suspects.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-cannabis-case-trial-2025","sources":[{"title":"«Tribunál hahú halo debate instrusaun ba kazu droga ne’ebé envolve husi arguidu na’in-13», 2 June 2025","url":"https://tatoli.tl/2025/06/02/tribunal-hahu-halo-debate-instrusaun-ba-kazu-droga-neebe-envolve-husi-arguidu-nain-13/","publisher":"TATOLI","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"«TDD julga arguidu na’in-sia ba kazu tráfiku no atividade ilísita», 14 August 2022","url":"https://tatoli.tl/2022/08/14/deskofia-komete-aktu-ilisitu-ba-droga-arguidu-nain-sia-submete-ba-interrogatoriu-dahuluk/","publisher":"TATOLI","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"timor-leste-pcic-drug-testing-2024","code":"CET-F2VN0Z","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-pcic-drug-testing-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F2VN0Z/","date":"2024-06-26","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Timor-Leste's drug police still send samples to Portugal for confirmatory testing","summary":"The scientific police said they lacked staff and equipment to confirm whether seized material was a controlled drug, so samples went to Portugal's judicial police and results took about two weeks. They described initial testing in Dili and a 2022 cannabis case that was still in court. The statement points to the laboratory gap the 2012 UN assessment had already identified.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-pcic-drug-testing-2024","sources":[{"title":"«PCIC sei menus rekursu umanu no fasilidade ba teste droga», 26 June 2024","url":"https://tatoli.tl/2024/06/26/pcic-sei-menus-rekursu-umanu-no-fasilidade-ba-teste-droga/","publisher":"TATOLI","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"timor-leste-dili-drug-arrests-2022","code":"CET-KHQY3E","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-dili-drug-arrests-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/KHQY3E/","date":"2022-08-15","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Timor-Leste arrests nine in a Dili drug operation involving cannabis","summary":"Police and intelligence officers arrested nine suspects in Dili on 11–12 August; TATOLI reported seizures including suspected cannabis and methamphetamine.[@1] The district court imposed identity-and-residence declarations and periodic reporting, a decision later challenged publicly by a student movement.[@2] Justice Minister Tiago Amaral Sarmento also called for stronger penalties and…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-dili-drug-arrests-2022","sources":[{"title":"President urges young people to avoid drugs after Dili arrests, 15 August 2022","url":"https://id.tatoli.tl/2022/08/15/presiden-horta-minta-kaum-muda-timor-leste-hindari-penggunaan-narkoba/","publisher":"TATOLI","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Student movement challenges court supervision of nine drug suspects, 19 August 2022","url":"https://rttlep.tl/mutl-questiona-a-decisa%CC%83o-do-tdd-sobre-caso-de-trafico-de-drogas/","publisher":"RTTL","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Justice minister asks Parliament to amend the drug law, 17 August 2022","url":"https://tatoli.tl/2022/08/17/mj-husu-pn-altera-lei-kombate-trafiku-no-konsumu-ilisitu-droga/","publisher":"TATOLI","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"timor-leste-marijuana-parcel-seizure-2022","code":"CET-0Q1NWF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-marijuana-parcel-seizure-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0Q1NWF/","date":"2022-06-01","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Timor-Leste police seize live cannabis seedlings from Ireland","summary":"Police and customs seized a package of live cannabis seedlings during maritime cargo checks on 1 June, the national police reported.[@1] Officers detained a 43-year-old who came to collect it; police said relatives had sent the parcel from Ireland and that examination of its quantity was continuing.[@1] The suspect was referred for an initial court hearing on 3 June.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trade","enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-marijuana-parcel-seizure-2022","sources":[{"title":"Suspected marijuana parcel referred to court, reported June 2022","url":"https://www.pntl.tl/pntl-submete-kazu-transaksaun-droga-ba-tribunal/","publisher":"Timor-Leste National Police","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"timor-leste-cannabis-plants-conviction-2017","code":"CET-8HHWQ7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-cannabis-plants-conviction-2017/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8HHWQ7/","date":"2017-10-20","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Timor-Leste gives an Australian 3½ years in a suspected cannabis-plant case","summary":"A Dili court sentenced Australian resident Tony Crean to three and a half years in prison in a case involving cannabis plants, according to Lusa.[@1] The report says he was convicted for possession and trafficking but acquitted of consumption after a negative urine test.[@1] He had been held since January, and his defence said it would appeal.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","home-growing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-cannabis-plants-conviction-2017","sources":[{"title":"Australian sentenced to three and a half years in Timor-Leste, 20 October 2017","url":"https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/australiano-condenado-em-timor-leste-a-tres-anos-e-meio-de-cadeia-por-posse-de-droga_n1035081","publisher":"Lusa via RTP","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"timor-leste-cannabis-plants-pretrial-2017","code":"CET-5F8CDF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-cannabis-plants-pretrial-2017/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5F8CDF/","date":"2017-01-31","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Timor-Leste holds an Australian before trial over five cannabis plants","summary":"An Australian resident entered pretrial custody in Dili in a case involving five suspected cannabis plants, according to Lusa reporting.[@1] Prosecutors had challenged an earlier decision allowing him to remain outside prison with reporting requirements and a confiscated passport, and the appeal court backed detention.[@1] The case later led to a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence, with the…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","home-growing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-cannabis-plants-pretrial-2017","sources":[{"title":"Australian held before trial over five suspected marijuana plants, 31 January 2017","url":"https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/australiano-em-prisao-preventiva-em-timor-leste-por-posse-de-plantas-de-marijuana_n979628","publisher":"Lusa via RTP","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Australian sentenced to three and a half years in Timor-Leste, 20 October 2017","url":"https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/australiano-condenado-em-timor-leste-a-tres-anos-e-meio-de-cadeia-por-posse-de-droga_n1035081","publisher":"Lusa via RTP","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}