{"version":1,"id":"zm","name":"Zambia","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/zm/","count":4,"totals":{"reports":4,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":2,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":1,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-16","reports":[{"id":"zambia-lusaka-cupcakes-plea-trial","code":"CET-HG0AY0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/zambia-lusaka-cupcakes-plea-trial/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HG0AY0/","date":"2026-10-16","country":"zm","country_name":"Zambia","place":"Lusaka","coordinates":[-15.388,28.322],"precision":"locality","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Twins deny trafficking 26 cannabis cupcakes in Lusaka","summary":"University twins Blessings and Gift Kaonga, 20, denied trafficking 26 marijuana-laced cupcakes before a Lusaka magistrate; at trial a DEC officer testified the sisters said they baked to raise school-food money. The 520-gram batch tested at 0.72% THC, over the 0.3% limit.","status":"verified","figures":{"charged":2},"tags":["edibles","students"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Twin sisters in court over 26 cannabis cupcakes","url":"https://zambianobserver.com/twin-sisters-in-court-over-26-cannabis-cupcakes/","publisher":"The Zambian Observer","date":"2026-10-10","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261011104334/https://zambianobserver.com/twin-sisters-in-court-over-26-cannabis-cupcakes/"},{"title":"UNILUS TWINS DENY TRAFFICKING MARIJUANA-LACED CUPCAKES","url":"https://zambia24.com/2026/10/09/unilus-twins-deny-trafficking-marijuana-laced-cupcakes/","publisher":"Zambia 24","date":"2026-10-09","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261010212845/https://zambia24.com/2026/10/09/unilus-twins-deny-trafficking-marijuana-laced-cupcakes/"},{"title":"We baked cannabis cupcakes to raise money for school food, twins tell DEC","url":"https://zambianobserver.com/we-baked-cannabis-cupcakes-to-raise-money-for-school-food-twins-tell-dec/","publisher":"The Zambian Observer","date":"2026-10-17","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261022055102/https://zambianobserver.com/we-baked-cannabis-cupcakes-to-raise-money-for-school-food-twins-tell-dec/"}]},{"id":"zambia-operation-kufeza-2026","code":"CET-WA5VPC","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/zambia-operation-kufeza-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/WA5VPC/","date":"2026-02-09","country":"zm","country_name":"Zambia","place":null,"coordinates":[-13.455,27.809],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Zambia's drug agency seizes over three tonnes of cannabis in one operation","summary":"The Drug Enforcement Commission said its Operation Kufeza had seized about 3.3 tonnes of cannabis: 1,751.6 kg of fresh plants and 4.8 kg of seeds in Central Province, 1,478 kg from cultivation in Nkeyema District in Western Province, and 68.42 kg of packed cannabis in Senanga District. Twelve suspects were arrested and were to appear in court.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"zambia-operation-kufeza-2026","sources":[{"title":"report on the Drug Enforcement Commission's Operation Kufeza (9 February 2026)","url":"https://www.zambiamonitor.com/?p=80489","publisher":"Zambia Monitor","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"zambia-dec-arrests-2024","code":"CET-D2PV35","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/zambia-dec-arrests-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/D2PV35/","date":"2025-06-28","country":"zm","country_name":"Zambia","place":null,"coordinates":[-13.455,27.809],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Zambia reports 4,728 drug arrests and 43.2 tonnes of cannabis","summary":"The Drug Enforcement Commission reported 4,728 arrests and 43.2 tonnes of cannabis seized in 2024, alongside 27.9 kg of codeine and 1.9 kg of cocaine. The figures cover all drugs and all forms of cannabis, not cannabis alone.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"zambia-dec-arrests-2024","sources":[{"title":"DEC nabs 4,700 drug traffickers in 2024 (28 June 2025)","url":"https://diggers.news/local/2025/06/28/dec-nabs-4700-drug-traffickers-in-2024/","publisher":"News Diggers!","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"zambia-chiefs-anti-cannabis-2009","code":"CET-5WAKKT","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/zambia-chiefs-anti-cannabis-2009/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5WAKKT/","date":"2009-01-21","country":"zm","country_name":"Zambia","place":null,"coordinates":[-13.455,27.809],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Zambia's drug agency enlists chiefs against cannabis","summary":"The Drug Enforcement Commission met traditional leaders to persuade farmers to grow food and cash crops instead of cannabis; chiefs reported growers to the agency. The campaign was an enforcement and crop-substitution effort, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"zambia-chiefs-anti-cannabis-2009","sources":[{"title":"Chiefs to help the DEC curb cannabis cultivation, trafficking (21 January 2009)","url":"https://www.lusakatimes.com/2009/01/21/chiefs-to-help-the-dec-curb-cannabis-cultivation-trafficking/","publisher":"Lusaka Times","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}