{"version":1,"id":"us/hi","name":"Hawaii, United States","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/us/hi/","count":2,"totals":{"reports":2,"arrested":2,"plants_destroyed":474,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":185.5,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":1,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-08-20","reports":[{"id":"ocean-view-padamada-77-plants","code":"CET-N86F3E","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ocean-view-padamada-77-plants/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/N86F3E/","date":"2026-08-20","country":"us/hi","country_name":"Hawaii, United States","place":"96-9000 block King Kamehameha Boulevard, Ocean View, Hawaiʻi County","coordinates":[19.0897,-155.7667],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["raid","seizure"],"title":"Ocean View search finds 77 marijuana plants during runaway inquiry","summary":"On 20 August 2026 Hawaiʻi Island police searching an Ocean View home for an unauthorised Oahu runaway seized 77 marijuana plants and more than 600 g of processed cannabis, then charged 37-year-old Dean K. Padamada and released him on $18,500 bail.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1,"kg_seized":0.6,"plants_destroyed":77},"tags":["ocean-view","juvenile-aid","vice-west"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["Police recovered more than 600 grams of processed marijuana; the department did not give an exact weight beyond that floor.","Padamada was also charged with custodial interference and conspiracy linked to a 17-year-old runaway and a 12-year-old on the property; those charges are separate from the cannabis counts.","He posted bail the same day; no further court dates were reported in these accounts."],"sources":[{"title":"Police Arrest and Charge Ocean View Man with Custodial Interference and Drug Offenses","url":"https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/police-arrest-and-charge-ocean-view-man-with-custodial-interference-and-drug-offenses/","publisher":"Hawaiʻi Police Department","date":"2026-08-26","archived":null},{"title":"Ocean View man faces charges in connection with Oahu teen runaway, marijuana operation","url":"https://www.kitv.com/news/crime/ocean-view-man-faces-charges-in-connection-with-oahu-teen-runaway-marijuana-operation/article_850d484b-efe8-4fe3-aa3f-a66f7d2ae6e2.html","publisher":"KITV","date":"2026-08-26","archived":null}]},{"id":"ocean-view-trevena-garon-grow-charges","code":"CET-EK4865","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ocean-view-trevena-garon-grow-charges/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EK4865/","date":"2026-01-05","country":"us/hi","country_name":"Hawaii, United States","place":"Jasmine Drive, Hawaiian Oceanview Estates, Ocean View, Hawaiʻi County","coordinates":[19.0897,-155.7667],"precision":"locality","type":"prosecution","also":["arrest","seizure","raid"],"title":"Ocean View grow raid leads to $505,000 bail on marijuana and gun charges","summary":"After a 17 December 2025 search of an empty Jasmine Drive home in Ocean View found 397 marijuana plants and large quantities of processed cannabis, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested Jordin Trevena-Garon, 42, on 5 January 2026 and charged him with commercial marijuana promotion and firearms offences; bail was set at $505,000.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1,"kg_seized":184.9,"plants_destroyed":397,"value":{"amount":1437630,"currency":"USD"}},"tags":["hawaii-county","vice","ocean-view"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["Police valued the seized narcotics at $1,437,630; the figure includes 1.2 g of cocaine alongside the cannabis.","The initial December release said the investigation was ongoing and named no suspect until the January arrest.","No plea or trial date was reported in these accounts."],"sources":[{"title":"(Update) Man Charged in Connection with Large Drug Bust in Ocean View","url":"https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/update-man-charged-in-connection-with-large-drug-bust-in-ocean-view/","publisher":"Hawaiʻi Police Department","date":"2026-01-06","archived":null},{"title":"Ocean View man arrested after police search marijuana grow operation","url":"https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/01/07/ocean-view-man-arrested-after-police-search-marijuana-grow-operation/","publisher":"Hawaii News Now","date":"2026-01-07","archived":null}]}]}