{"version":1,"id":"xn","name":"Northern Cyprus","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/xn/","count":6,"totals":{"reports":6,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":3,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":1,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-09-21","reports":[{"id":"northern-cyprus-treatment-programme-report-2026","code":"CET-SDNNV8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/northern-cyprus-treatment-programme-report-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SDNNV8/","date":"2026-09-21","country":"xn","country_name":"Northern Cyprus","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Northern Cyprus reports 218 participants in supervised drug programmes","summary":"An official account of an addiction symposium reported 218 participants in supervised-release programmes. The figure covered drug cases generally and described the work of the Prime Ministry’s drug commission.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"northern-cyprus-treatment-programme-report-2026","sources":[{"title":"Addiction symposium address, 21 September 2026","url":"https://pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr/yilmaz-ailelere-sunulan-egitim-rehberlik-ve-danismanlik-hizmetlerinin-kapsamini-genisletecegiz/","publisher":"Northern Cyprus Public Information Office","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"northern-cyprus-famagusta-seizure-2026","code":"CET-KDH1CP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/northern-cyprus-famagusta-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/KDH1CP/","date":"2026-08-19","country":"xn","country_name":"Northern Cyprus","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Northern Cyprus police seize suspected cannabis in Famagusta","summary":"Police reported finding 1.2 kg of suspected cannabis and a precision scale in an operation in Famagusta. Two men were arrested and the investigation continued; the announcement did not report a conviction.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"northern-cyprus-famagusta-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Police operation finds 1.2 kg of suspected cannabis, 20 August 2026","url":"https://www.mykibris.com/kktc/haber/polis-operasyonunda-1-2-kilo-hint-keneviri-iki-kisi-tutuklandi-73741","publisher":"MYKıbrıs","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"northern-cyprus-48-hour-drug-operations-2025","code":"CET-AHR98A","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/northern-cyprus-48-hour-drug-operations-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/AHR98A/","date":"2025-12-05","country":"xn","country_name":"Northern Cyprus","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Police in northern Cyprus arrest ten people in two days of drug operations","summary":"In operations on 4 and 5 December 2025 in Kyrenia, Lefke, Metehan, Nicosia and at Ercan Airport, police reported seizing about 3.5 kg of drugs, most of it cannabis, including about 2 kg from a 22-year-old in Metehan and 600 g in Kyrenia, and arresting ten suspects. Two of them were held at the airport over four cannabis cigarettes after a detection dog alerted officers.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"northern-cyprus-48-hour-drug-operations-2025","sources":[{"title":"48-hour drug crackdown: 3.5 kilos seized, 10 suspects arrested across northern Cyprus (8 December 2025)","url":"https://www.kibrispostasi.com/c140-DAILY_NEWS/n584646-48hour-drug-crackdown-35-kilos-seized-10-suspects-arrested-across-northern-cyprus","publisher":"Kıbrıs Postası (Cyprus Mirror)","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"northern-cyprus-nicosia-treatment-figures-2025","code":"CET-F009BX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/northern-cyprus-nicosia-treatment-figures-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F009BX/","date":"2025-06-30","country":"xn","country_name":"Northern Cyprus","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Nicosia court hears of 42 people benefiting from supervised release","summary":"At Nicosia’s judicial-year closing session, supervised-release board member Mustafa Hidayet reported 42 beneficiaries between 18 September 2023 and 30 June 2025, with programmes for 36 people continuing. The figures concerned drug cases generally and were presented at the Nicosia court session.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["treatment"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"northern-cyprus-nicosia-treatment-figures-2025","sources":[{"title":"Nicosia court closing session hears prison and supervised-release figures (30 June 2025)","url":"https://www.mykibris.com/kktc/haber/merkezi-cezaevindeki-776-kisinin-729u-erkek-57637","publisher":"Kamalı Haber via MYKıbrıs","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"northern-cyprus-treatment-support-2019","code":"CET-MSWVXH","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/northern-cyprus-treatment-support-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MSWVXH/","date":"2019-07-01","country":"xn","country_name":"Northern Cyprus","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Northern Cyprus reports counselling 98 people on supervised release","summary":"The Social Services Department reported regular interviews and psychosocial support for 98 people benefiting from the supervised-release law. The figure covered drug users together; the report gave no separate cannabis count.[@1] It documented the support work following the 2016 law’s treatment alternative to sentencing.[@1,2]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["treatment"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"northern-cyprus-treatment-support-2019","sources":[{"title":"Activity report, October 2018–September 2019","url":"https://csgb.gov.ct.tr/Portals/28/CSGB%202019.pdf","publisher":"Northern Cyprus Ministry of Labour and Social Security","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Supervised Release for Drug Users and People with Drug Dependence Law 28/2016","url":"https://basimevi.gov.ct.tr/Portals/6/2016/68.pdf?ver=2021-04-03-144848-443","publisher":"Northern Cyprus","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"northern-cyprus-three-plants-sentence-2019","code":"CET-5X5WT7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/northern-cyprus-three-plants-sentence-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5X5WT7/","date":"2019-01-21","country":"xn","country_name":"Northern Cyprus","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Northern Cyprus jails a man for three plants and a small cannabis import","summary":"Arda Çelik received eighteen months in prison after growing three cannabis plants from seeds brought from Amsterdam and importing 3 g from the south of the island. The Nicosia court noted that cultivation carried a fifteen-year statutory maximum and treated the combined offences as serious.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"northern-cyprus-three-plants-sentence-2019","sources":[{"title":"Three plants and cannabis import bring eighteen months, 21 January 2019","url":"https://www.yeniduzen.com/hintkeneviri-ekti-hapis-cezasi-aldi-111136h.htm","publisher":"Yenidüzen / Kamalı Haber","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}