{"version":1,"id":"tw","name":"Taiwan","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/tw/","count":3,"totals":{"reports":3,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":3,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-06-03","reports":[{"id":"taiwan-cannabis-seizure-2026","code":"CET-TXRQ31","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/taiwan-cannabis-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TXRQ31/","date":"2026-06-03","country":"tw","country_name":"Taiwan","place":null,"coordinates":[23.75,120.951],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Taiwan seizes 766 kg of cannabis in its largest bust in a decade","summary":"Coast guard and police officers stopped a truck in New Taipei's Rueifang district early on 3 June 2026 and found 1,309 packages holding 766.09 kg of dried cannabis flower, along with amphetamine and mixed drugs. The coast guard valued the haul at about NT$1.62 billion and said it was its largest cannabis seizure in ten years; seven people were arrested and prosecutors indicted them on 24 August.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"taiwan-cannabis-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"CGA seizes NT$1.62 billion worth of drugs in largest marijuana bust in a decade（6 October 2026）","url":"https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/10/06/2003865483","publisher":"Taipei Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"taiwan-cannabis-crackdown-2025","code":"CET-RCEXAE","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/taiwan-cannabis-crackdown-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/RCEXAE/","date":"2025-09-24","country":"tw","country_name":"Taiwan","place":null,"coordinates":[23.75,120.951],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Taiwan rounds up 245 people in a nationwide cannabis sweep","summary":"On 23 and 24 September 2025 prosecutors, police and military police searched 330 places in 20 jurisdictions and arrested 245 people for growing, using or possessing cannabis. They seized 1.68 kg of cannabis, 83 cannabis products, 97 vape pods and 581 pieces of paraphernalia. The High Prosecutors' Office said the operation was meant to uncover hidden users and reject calls for legalisation.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"taiwan-cannabis-crackdown-2025","sources":[{"title":"高檢署：全國查緝施用大麻黑數專案 245人到案（1 October 2025）","url":"https://newtalk.tw/news/view/2025-10-01/996686","publisher":"Newtalk新聞／中央社","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"taiwan-hsinchu-cannabis-bust-2024","code":"CET-E5ZSY6","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/taiwan-hsinchu-cannabis-bust-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/E5ZSY6/","date":"2024-10-15","country":"tw","country_name":"Taiwan","place":null,"coordinates":[23.75,120.951],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Taiwan breaks its record for cannabis plants seized in one case","summary":"Prosecutors announced on 15 October 2024 that raids in Hsinchu in May had found 5,659 cannabis plants and 1,666 seeds across two indoor farms, with a street value estimated at more than NT$20 billion. Police said the farms belonged to the same group and charged 11 people, including an alleged organised-crime figure. It was the largest cannabis cultivation case by plant count in Taiwan's history.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"taiwan-hsinchu-cannabis-bust-2024","sources":[{"title":"新竹破獲史上最大大麻工廠 查獲大麻植株5659株市價逾20億（15 October 2024）","url":"https://www.cna.com.tw/news/asoc/202410150250.aspx","publisher":"中央社","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}