{"version":1,"id":"ws","name":"Samoa","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/ws/","count":3,"totals":{"reports":3,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":1,"seizure":0,"raid":1,"arrest":0,"prosecution":1,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-05-26","reports":[{"id":"samoa-drug-raids-2026","code":"CET-QWR958","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/samoa-drug-raids-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QWR958/","date":"2026-05-26","country":"ws","country_name":"Samoa","place":null,"coordinates":[-13.754,-172.165],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Samoa charges 55 people after twenty drug raids","summary":"The acting police commissioner said 20 raids between January and May 2026 led to 55 charges, including 12 women aged 18–47 and 43 men aged 16–53. Seizures included just over 100 g of methamphetamine, marijuana plants and joints, and firearms. The figures cover all drugs.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"samoa-drug-raids-2026","sources":[{"title":"Police update on drug raids: 55 arrests over the last 4 months (26 May 2026)","url":"https://samoaglobalnews.com/police-update-on-drug-raids-55-arrests-over-the-last-4-months-aged-between-16-and-53-years/","publisher":"Samoa Global News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"samoa-armed-drug-raids-2025","code":"CET-NHNM15","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/samoa-armed-drug-raids-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NHNM15/","date":"2025-12-19","country":"ws","country_name":"Samoa","place":null,"coordinates":[-13.754,-172.165],"precision":"country","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"Samoa orders armed police on drug raids","summary":"The government ordered police to be armed during drug raids after drugs were found in boxes of frozen chicken, and the prime minister called drug trafficking a top priority. The order was an enforcement response, not a change in the Narcotics Act.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"samoa-armed-drug-raids-2025","sources":[{"title":"Drugs in chicken: Samoa orders armed police raids (19 December 2025)","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/drugs-in-chicken-samoa/106161468","publisher":"ABC Pacific Beat","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"samoa-faleatiu-raid-2019","code":"CET-VJ3C7N","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/samoa-faleatiu-raid-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VJ3C7N/","date":"2019-11-08","country":"ws","country_name":"Samoa","place":null,"coordinates":[-13.754,-172.165],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Samoa destroys more than 10,000 cannabis plants","summary":"About 80 officers, using drones, raided six plantations in the Faleatiu hills and destroyed more than 10,000 cannabis plants; 11 people were arrested. Police valued the crop at about ST$10 million at ST$1,000 a plant. The area had been raided in 2015 and 2016, and officers reported guns being pointed at them.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"samoa-faleatiu-raid-2019","sources":[{"title":"Over $10 million tala worth cannabis in Samoa's biggest drug bust (13 November 2019)","url":"https://samoaglobalnews.com/over-10-million-tala-worth-cannabis-in-samoas-biggest-drug-bust-in-samoa","publisher":"Samoa Global News","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}