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The Interior Ministry said the plants could have produced 1.2 tonnes of hashish, and officers seized 36 kg of hashish. The operation was part of the national action plan against illegal cannabis cultivation.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"turkey-diyarbakir-cannabis-raid-2026","sources":[{"title":"Diyarbakır'da düzenlenen operasyonlarda 1,2 ton esrar elde edilebilecek 48 bin 579 kök kenevir imha edildi (22 October 2026)","url":"https://www.icisleri.gov.tr/diyarbakirda-duzenlenen-operasyonlarda-12-ton-esrar-elde-edilebilecek-48-bin-579-kok-kenevir-imha-edildi-36-kg-esrar-ele-gecirildi22","publisher":"T.C. 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Lucas faces five counts including racketeering; she surrendered and appeared in Norfolk court the same day.","status":"verified","figures":{"charged":7},"tags":["rico","corruption","indictment"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Feds charge Virginia Sen. 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Five suspects from Nipa-Kutubu in the Southern Highlands and their spouses were arrested; police said locals had harboured them. 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A week later, another 296 kg were seized along the Moroccan border and 51 people were arrested. The operations were part of a weekly series of army drug seizures reported along the frontier.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"algeria-bechar-resin-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Army eliminates drug trafficker, seizes 1,660 kg of cannabis resin (5 October 2026)","url":"https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/national-news/muuwfj6i-army-eliminates-drug-trafficker-seizes-1-660-kg-of-cannabis-resin","publisher":"APS","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"operational report, 14–20 October 2026","url":"https://www.mdn.dz/site_principal/sommaire/actualites/fr/2026/octobre/lutte21102026fr.php","publisher":"Ministry of National Defence","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"maldives-cannabis-life-sentence-2026","code":"CET-Z7155W","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-cannabis-life-sentence-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Z7155W/","date":"2026-10-01","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Fifty years for cannabis and heroin taped to a man's legs","summary":"The Criminal Court sentenced Abdulla Faseeh to 50 years and a MVR 200,000 fine on 1 October 2026 on two trafficking counts. He had been stopped at Velana airport on 7 October 2024 with 252.17 g of cannabis and 23.60 g of diamorphine taped to his legs before a domestic flight; the court imposed life on each count, calculated at 25 years, and the terms added up to 50 years.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-cannabis-life-sentence-2026","sources":[{"title":"Man receives 50-year sentence for smuggling drugs taped to his body at airport","url":"https://maldivesledger.com/2026/10/04/man-sentenced-50-years-airport-drug-smuggling/","publisher":"Maldives Ledger","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"belgium-brussels-airport-baggage-ring","code":"CET-BM24B2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/belgium-brussels-airport-baggage-ring/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BM24B2/","date":"2026-09-30","country":"be","country_name":"Belgium","place":"Brussels Airport","coordinates":[50.901,4.484],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"21 arrested as airport baggage-hall drug ring is dismantled","summary":"Belgian, French and Dutch police arrested 21 suspects in a Eurojust-coordinated action after an 18-month probe that began with 30 kg of cocaine abandoned at Brussels Airport. 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The case was opened under the aggravated sale and smuggling articles, and a court ordered the two Armenians held.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"armenia-marijuana-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Կանխվել է Հայաստան 69.3 կգ «մարիխուանա» տեսակի թմրամիջոցի տեղափոխման դեպք․ ԱԱԾ (12 October 2026)","url":"https://hetq.am/hy/article/184626","publisher":"Hetq","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"south-korea-yakuza-cannabis-2026","code":"CET-F6AETX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/south-korea-yakuza-cannabis-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F6AETX/","date":"2026-09-29","country":"kr","country_name":"South Korea","place":null,"coordinates":[36.373,127.835],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Prosecutors seek 20 years for a yakuza who smuggled 646 kg of cannabis","summary":"A 53-year-old Japanese-Korean yakuza member went on trial at Suwon for shipping about 636 kg of cannabis from Thailand to Incheon port in March 2026 as part of a 646 kg smuggling operation; prosecutors called it the largest cannabis import for domestic sale and sought 20 years. The case began with intelligence from the National Intelligence Service and was handled by the joint drug headquarters.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"south-korea-yakuza-cannabis-2026","sources":[{"title":"검찰, 대마 646㎏ 밀수한 야쿠자에 징역 20년 구형 (2026. 9. 29.)","url":"https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260929174000061","publisher":"연합뉴스","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"malaysia-bangsar-139kg-sentence","code":"CET-65ZHX4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/malaysia-bangsar-139kg-sentence/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/65ZHX4/","date":"2026-09-29","country":"my","country_name":"Malaysia","place":"Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur","coordinates":[3.129,101.669],"precision":"locality","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Two men jailed 30 years and caned for 139 kg of cannabis","summary":"S. Mohan, 38, and Ahmad Shamil Abdul Rashid, 28, were sentenced to 30 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for trafficking 139 kg of cannabis from a Bangsar car park in 2022. The judge found the case proven beyond reasonable doubt; the prosecution had sought the heavy term over the quantity.","status":"verified","figures":{"charged":2,"kg_seized":139,"prison":"30 years"},"tags":["caning","trafficking","bangsar"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Two Men Receive 30-Year Prison Sentence and Caning for Cannabis Trafficking","url":"https://malaysiantribune.com/two-men-receive-30-year-prison-sentence-and-caning-for-cannabis-trafficking/","publisher":"Malaysian Tribune","date":"2026-09-29","archived":null},{"title":"Two Men Receive 30-Year Prison Sentence and Caning for Cannabis Trafficking","url":"https://www.malaysianewsgazette.com/two-men-receive-30-year-prison-sentence-and-caning-for-cannabis-trafficking/","publisher":"Malaysia News Gazette","date":"2026-09-29","archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-west-bank-drug-arrests-2026","code":"CET-P6YJK5","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-west-bank-drug-arrests-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/P6YJK5/","date":"2026-09-27","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"West Bank drug arrests reach 2,419 in 2026","summary":"Palestinian police in the West Bank said they had handled 2,150 drug cases and arrested 2,419 people, including 50 women, since the start of 2026. More than 100 families had reported relatives to the police in the hope of treatment, the police spokesman said.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-west-bank-drug-arrests-2026","sources":[{"title":"Palestinian police reveal crime statistics, 27 September 2026","url":"https://alquds.com/ar/posts/259382-palestinian-police-crime-statistics-drugs-cybercrime-report","publisher":"Al-Quds","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"mongolia-drug-prosecutions-2026","code":"CET-KWA6EC","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mongolia-drug-prosecutions-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/KWA6EC/","date":"2026-09-25","country":"mn","country_name":"Mongolia","place":null,"coordinates":[46.956,103.124],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Mongolia sends more drug cases to court in 2026","summary":"By September 2026 prosecutors had charged 398 people under the Criminal Code's drug articles and sent 184 cases involving 270 people to court, 33 per cent more than a year earlier. Just over half of the accused were aged 18 to 30, 44 per cent were 31 to 44, and 15 per cent were women. The figures cover offences under Articles 20.7 and 20.8, not cannabis alone.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"mongolia-drug-prosecutions-2026","sources":[{"title":"Мансууруулах бодистой холбоотой хэрэг 33 хувиар өсчээ (25 September 2026)","url":"https://news.mn/r/2889629/","publisher":"News.MN","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"india-ncb-kullu-eradication-2026","code":"CET-FJPX3Q","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/india-ncb-kullu-eradication-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/FJPX3Q/","date":"2026-09-25","country":"in","country_name":"India","place":null,"coordinates":[22.777,79.564],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"NCB begins destroying illegal cannabis fields in Kullu","summary":"On 25 September 2026 the NCB, ITBP, Himachal Pradesh Police and Forest Department began a month-long drive to destroy illegal cannabis cultivation in remote parts of Kullu. The teams geo-tag and film the plots and the Forest Department issues destruction certificates; the NCB said legal action would follow against those responsible.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"india-ncb-kullu-eradication-2026","sources":[{"title":"NCB-led joint operation begins large-scale cannabis destruction in Himachal's Kullu, 26 September 2026","url":"https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/Sep/26/ncb-led-joint-operation-begins-large-scale-cannabis-destruction-in-himachals-kullu","publisher":"The New Indian Express","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"singapore-pasir-panjang-391kg","code":"CET-MWTR6K","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/singapore-pasir-panjang-391kg/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MWTR6K/","date":"2026-09-24","country":"sg","country_name":"Singapore","place":"Pasir Panjang Scanning Station, Singapore","coordinates":[1.264,103.762],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"391 kg of cannabis found in glove boxes at Pasir Panjang port","summary":"ICA image analysts flagged anomalies in a container's scan on 24 September and found 1,290 cannabis blocks hidden in boxes of gloves. 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Police seized 270 kg of loose cannabis and 6,183 plants, along with methamphetamine, opium, MDMA, cash and firearms. The cannabis came from grow houses in Auckland linked to Vietnamese organised crime.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"new-zealand-transtasman-cannabis-sting-2026","sources":[{"title":"Police seize 270kg cannabis and arrest 34 across New Zealand in major drug sting (24 September 2026)","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-seize-270kg-cannabis-and-arrest-34-across-new-zealand-in-major-drug-sting/6NR7QME7JFE5XBNDMLKTI5Y6ME","publisher":"NZ Herald","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"singapore-pasir-panjang-transit-seizure-2026","code":"CET-APBKPM","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/singapore-pasir-panjang-transit-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/APBKPM/","date":"2026-09-24","country":"sg","country_name":"Singapore","place":null,"coordinates":[1.359,103.817],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Singapore intercepts 391 kg of cannabis in a transit container","summary":"Border officers and narcotics investigators found 1,290 cannabis blocks weighing about 391 kg in boxes containing gloves at Pasir Panjang. Their 2 October release said preliminary investigations indicated the container was transiting Singapore for another country and that investigations continued.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking","trade"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"singapore-pasir-panjang-transit-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"More than 391 kg of cannabis detected at Pasir Panjang Scanning Station (2 October 2026)","url":"https://www.ica.gov.sg/news-and-publications/newsroom/media-release/more-than-391kg-of-cannabis-detected-at-pasir-panjang-scanning-station","publisher":"Singapore ICA and CNB","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"french-polynesia-huahine-trial-2026","code":"CET-2F6WGF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/french-polynesia-huahine-trial-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2F6WGF/","date":"2026-09-22","country":"pf","country_name":"French Polynesia","place":null,"coordinates":[-14.728,-144.805],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"French Polynesia jails Huahine cannabis producers","summary":"The Papeete court sentenced Huahine producers to three years, two suspended, and a 2.5 million CFP fine; distributors received two years suspended and a 500,000 CFP fine. 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The case followed the August seizure of 513 kg of plants and cuttings on the island.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"french-polynesia-huahine-trial-2026","sources":[{"title":"Plus professionnel pour planter du cannabis que des pastèques (22 September 2026)","url":"https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Plus-professionnel-pour-planter-du-cannabis-que-des-pasteques_a239502.html","publisher":"Tahiti Infos","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"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":"hong-kong-record-cannabis-seizure-2026","code":"CET-9W45EA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/hong-kong-record-cannabis-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/9W45EA/","date":"2026-09-19","country":"hk","country_name":"Hong Kong","place":null,"coordinates":[22.398,114.114],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Hong Kong seizes a record 535 kg of cannabis at sea","summary":"Customs seized about 535 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds, worth about HK$125 million, from a container that arrived from Thailand declared as carrying insulated boxes. Officers found the drug in 364 of 1,342 boxes and arrested three men after a controlled delivery; one was charged with attempting to traffic.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"hong-kong-record-cannabis-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"largest-ever seaborne drug trafficking case of suspected cannabis buds, 19 September 2026","url":"https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202609/19/P2026091800694.htm","publisher":"Hong Kong Customs","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Three suspects arrested over HK$125m cannabis haul, 19 September 2026","url":"https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1870739-20260919.htm","publisher":"RTHK","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"act-canberra-grow-houses","code":"CET-XC7VDB","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/act-canberra-grow-houses/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XC7VDB/","date":"2026-09-18","country":"au/act","country_name":"Australian Capital Territory, Australia","place":"Australian Capital Territory","coordinates":[-35.281,149.13],"precision":"region","type":"raid","also":["arrest"],"title":"Nine arrested as police raid cannabis grow houses across Canberra","summary":"Police searched 15 properties across the Australian Capital Territory and seized 1,586 cannabis plants, about 70 kg of dried cannabis, cash and six vehicles. Nine people were charged with criminal-group and drug offences in what police called their largest ever operation against grow houses.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":9,"kg_seized":70},"tags":["grow-houses","organised-crime"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Nine held in Canberra cannabis crackdown","url":"https://cannabislaw.report/nine-held-in-canberra-cannabis-crackdown/","publisher":"Cannabis Law Report","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"new-zealand-cannabis-convictions-2025-26","code":"CET-A54ATZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/new-zealand-cannabis-convictions-2025-26/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/A54ATZ/","date":"2026-09-15","country":"nz","country_name":"New Zealand","place":null,"coordinates":[-41.702,172.922],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Cannabis charges fall slightly but imprisonments hold steady","summary":"The Ministry of Justice's cannabis offences tables for the year to 30 June 2026 show 5,690 finalised charges, down from 5,854 a year earlier, and 3,543 people charged, down from 3,606. Convictions were stable: 2,551 people were convicted, against 2,600 in 2024/25, and 558 received imprisonment as their most serious sentence, about 22%.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"new-zealand-cannabis-convictions-2025-26","sources":[{"title":"Justice statistics data tables (updated 17 September 2026)","url":"https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/justice-statistics/data-tables/","publisher":"Ministry of Justice","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Cannabis offences data tables, June 2026","url":"https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/487Lyf_Cannabis-offences_June-2026_v1.0.xlsx","publisher":"Ministry of Justice","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"singapore-2026-tuas-cannabis-seizure","code":"CET-HHFQCC","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/singapore-2026-tuas-cannabis-seizure/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HHFQCC/","date":"2026-09-15","country":"sg","country_name":"Singapore","place":null,"coordinates":[1.359,103.817],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Two Malaysians arrested with 10 kg of cannabis at Tuas","summary":"ICA officers stopped a Malaysia-registered motorcycle at Tuas Checkpoint on 15 September 2026 and found about 10,164 g of cannabis in bundles under the seat and in a haversack on the handlebar.[@1] A 36-year-old Malaysian man and a 35-year-old Malaysian woman were arrested.[@1] The drugs were worth more than S$203,000 and could feed about 1,450 abusers for a week, and the amount was twenty…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"singapore-2026-tuas-cannabis-seizure","sources":[{"title":"More Than 10kg of Cannabis Detected at Tuas Checkpoint (18 September 2026)","url":"https://www.ica.gov.sg/news-and-publications/newsroom/media-release/more-than-10kg-of-cannabis-detected-at-tuas-checkpoint","publisher":"Immigration & Checkpoints Authority","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"azerbaijan-drug-seizures-2026","code":"CET-5AY6W6","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/azerbaijan-drug-seizures-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5AY6W6/","date":"2026-09-14","country":"az","country_name":"Azerbaijan","place":null,"coordinates":[40.287,47.548],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Azerbaijan seizes 5.9 tonnes of marijuana in eight months","summary":"In January–August 2026 the authorities recorded 5,561 drug crimes and seized 6,994.958 kg of narcotics and psychotropic substances, valued at 208.47 million manat, the State Commission for Combating Drug Addiction reported. Marijuana accounted for 5,928.805 kg and hashish for 247.630 kg, and officers also took 17,372 cannabis plants out of circulation.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"azerbaijan-drug-seizures-2026","sources":[{"title":"Bu ilin 8 ayında dəyəri 208 milyon manatdan çox olan narkotik qanunsuz dövriyyədən çıxarılıb (14 September 2026)","url":"https://report.az/hadise/bu-ilin-yanvar-avqust-aylarinda-deyeri-208-milyon-manatdan-cox-olan-narkotik-qanunsuz-dovriyyeden-cixarilib","publisher":"Report.az","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"cambodia-airport-cannabis-charges-2026","code":"CET-C037S1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cambodia-airport-cannabis-charges-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/C037S1/","date":"2026-09-14","country":"kh","country_name":"Cambodia","place":null,"coordinates":[12.719,104.905],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Cambodia charges five Britons over 97 kg of cannabis and heroin at its new airport","summary":"Kandal Provincial Court charged five British men with possession, trafficking and transport under Article 40 after two stops at Techo International Airport. On 6 September officers seized about 18 kg of cannabis and heroin from two of them; on 9 September they found 73.017 kg of dried cannabis and 6.219 kg of white powder suspected to be heroin in the luggage of the other three.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"cambodia-airport-cannabis-charges-2026","sources":[{"title":"Court charges five British nationals over drug smuggling attempt through Techo International Airport (15 September 2026)","url":"https://www.khmertimeskh.com/502023797/court-charges-five-british-nationals-over-drug-smuggling-attempt-through-techo-international-airport","publisher":"Khmer Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bhutan-drukair-cannabis-2026","code":"CET-2HVYDY","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bhutan-drukair-cannabis-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2HVYDY/","date":"2026-09-14","country":"bt","country_name":"Bhutan","place":null,"coordinates":[27.412,90.402],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Drukair employee arrested with 22 kg of cannabis","summary":"Police arrested a Drukair employee in his forties on 14 September 2026 over an attempt to smuggle 22.34 kg of cannabis. The case was reported in October and was one of several large airport and parcel seizures that year. It was an enforcement case, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bhutan-drukair-cannabis-2026","sources":[{"title":"Police investigate Drukair staff in 22.34kg cannabis smuggling case (23 October 2026)","url":"https://kuenselonline.com/news/police-investigate-drukair-staff-in-2234kg-cannabis-smuggling-case","publisher":"Kuensel","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"india-dri-cannabis-raids-2026","code":"CET-YJVQ7J","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/india-dri-cannabis-raids-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/YJVQ7J/","date":"2026-09-09","country":"in","country_name":"India","place":null,"coordinates":[22.777,79.564],"precision":"country","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"DRI seizes 740 kg of cannabis and charas in a fortnight of raids","summary":"Between late August and 9 September 2026 the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized about 740 kg of cannabis and charas in eight operations and arrested 13 people. The largest haul was 375.95 kg of ganja from two trucks near Raipur; officers also found 140.5 kg near Patna, 69 kg near Ludhiana and 5 kg of charas smuggled from Nepal.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"india-dri-cannabis-raids-2026","sources":[{"title":"DRI seizes around 740 kg of cannabis during raids across India; 13 arrested, 9 September 2026","url":"https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/Sep/09/dri-seizes-around-740-kg-of-cannabis-during-raids-across-india-13-arrested","publisher":"The New Indian Express","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"vietnam-cannabis-seizures-2026","code":"CET-EWGDY1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/vietnam-cannabis-seizures-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EWGDY1/","date":"2026-09-08","country":"vn","country_name":"Vietnam","place":null,"coordinates":[16.544,106.346],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Vietnam reports 407 kg of cannabis seized in the first nine months of 2026","summary":"At a 7 September 2026 inter-agency conference, the drug police reported 17,600 cases and nearly 35,400 suspects since the start of the year. Seizures included 407 kg of cannabis, 99.8 kg of heroin, 953 kg and nearly 900,000 pills of synthetic drugs, and 1.16 tonnes of ketamine. The case and suspect figures cover all drugs; the cannabis figure is a seizure total.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"vietnam-cannabis-seizures-2026","sources":[{"title":"Vietnam busts maritime drug ring, seizes over 1.1 tons of narcotics","url":"https://vietnamnet.vn/en/vietnam-busts-maritime-drug-ring-seizes-over-1-1-tons-of-narcotics-2552918.html","publisher":"vietnamnet.vn","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"qatar-customs-candy-hashish-2026","code":"CET-GZ6Y3K","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/qatar-customs-candy-hashish-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GZ6Y3K/","date":"2026-09-03","country":"qa","country_name":"Qatar","place":null,"coordinates":[25.305,51.184],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Qatar customs find hashish hidden in candy wrappers","summary":"A passenger arriving at Hamad International Airport was stopped with 1.5 kilograms of hashish and 370 grams of methamphetamine concealed in candy wrappers and sweets. The General Authority of Customs said officers found the contraband during a luggage inspection and referred it to the authorities. The seizure was announced on 3 September 2026.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"qatar-customs-candy-hashish-2026","sources":[{"title":"Qatar Customs foils attempt to smuggle hashish, shabu hidden in candy wrappers (3 September 2026)","url":"https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/03/09/2026/qatar-customs-foils-attempt-to-smuggle-hashish-shabu-hidden-in-candy-wrappers","publisher":"The Peninsula","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Customs foil drug smuggling attempt at Hamad International Airport (3 September 2026)","url":"https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/251983/latest-news/customs-foil-drug-smuggling-attempt-at-hamad-international-airport","publisher":"Qatar Tribune","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"algeria-high-security-prison-2026","code":"CET-HGWZQH","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/algeria-high-security-prison-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HGWZQH/","date":"2026-09-02","country":"dz","country_name":"Algeria","place":null,"coordinates":[28.056,2.631],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Algeria plans a drug enforcement agency and a desert prison","summary":"The High Security Council, chaired by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, decided on 2 September 2026 to create a specialised drug enforcement body modelled on the US Drug Enforcement Administration and to turn an army barracks at Tanezrouft in the Sahara into a high-security prison for drug traffickers. The presidency announced no legal text or start date.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"algeria-high-security-prison-2026","sources":[{"title":"Lutte anti-drogue: l'Algérie crée sa DEA et une prison dans le désert pour les narcotrafiquants (2 September 2026)","url":"https://www.tsa-algerie.com/lutte-anti-drogue-lalgerie-cree-une-agence-speciale-et-une-prison-dans-le-desert","publisher":"TSA","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"leeds-frost-burglar-murder-sentence","code":"CET-GG3T82","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/leeds-frost-burglar-murder-sentence/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GG3T82/","date":"2026-08-31","country":"gb","country_name":"United Kingdom","place":"Leeds Crown Court","coordinates":[53.796,-1.548],"precision":"locality","type":"sentence","also":["death"],"title":"Cannabis grower jailed for life for shooting burglar dead","summary":"Adrian Frost, 61, was jailed for life with a 27-year minimum for murdering Connor Batty, who broke into his Hemsworth home with two others to steal his cannabis crop. Frost lay in wait with a sawn-off shotgun after first calling 999; the accomplices received up to four and a half years for the attempted burglary.","status":"verified","figures":{"prison":"life (minimum 27 years)","deaths":1},"tags":["burglary","shotgun","self-defence"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Shotgun killer who asked dying burglar 'want an aspirin?' jailed for murder","url":"https://discover.swns.com/2026/08/shotgun-killer-who-asked-dying-burglar-want-an-aspirin-jailed-for-murder-2/","publisher":"SWNS","date":"2026-08-31","archived":null},{"title":"Man who shot intruder asked 'want an aspirin?' as he lay dying","url":"https://britbrief.co.uk/crime/prosecution/man-shot-intruder-asked-want-an-aspirin-court-hears.html","publisher":"Brit Brief","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"paraguay-nueva-alianza-57","code":"CET-VKBJCH","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/paraguay-nueva-alianza-57/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VKBJCH/","date":"2026-08-31","country":"py","country_name":"Paraguay","place":"Canindeyú and Caaguazú","coordinates":[-24.13,-55.46],"precision":"region","type":"eradication","also":["seizure"],"title":"Nueva Alianza 57: 222 hectares destroyed in Paraguay's forest reserves","summary":"In twelve days, Paraguay's anti-drug agency and Brazil's Federal Police destroyed 222 hectares of cannabis and 44 growers' camps, much of it inside nature reserves such as Mbaracayú and Morombí.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":5250,"hectares":222,"value":{"amount":100687500,"currency":"USD"}},"tags":["nueva-alianza","brazil","protected-areas","joint-operation","deforestation"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.lanacion.com.py/pais/2026/08/31/nueva-alianza-57-asesta-golpe-de-mas-usd-100-millones-al-narcotrafico/","publisher":"La Nación (Paraguay)","caption":"Agents pull up plants in a cleared forest plot, a police helicopter behind them","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260901051852/https://www.lanacion.com.py/pais/2026/08/31/nueva-alianza-57-asesta-golpe-de-mas-usd-100-millones-al-narcotrafico/"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://acritica.net/meio-ambiente/operacao-nova-alianca-maconha-reservas-paraguai/","publisher":"A Crítica","caption":"A helicopter lands beside a cannabis field among tree stumps","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260825034441/https://acritica.net/meio-ambiente/operacao-nova-alianca-maconha-reservas-paraguai/"}],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Nueva Alianza 57 asesta golpe de más USD 100 millones al narcotráfico","url":"https://www.lanacion.com.py/pais/2026/08/31/nueva-alianza-57-asesta-golpe-de-mas-usd-100-millones-al-narcotrafico/","publisher":"La Nación (Paraguay)","date":"2026-08-31","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260901051852/https://www.lanacion.com.py/pais/2026/08/31/nueva-alianza-57-asesta-golpe-de-mas-usd-100-millones-al-narcotrafico/"},{"title":"Operação destrói 145 hectares de maconha plantados dentro de reserva da biosfera da Unesco no Paraguai","url":"https://acritica.net/meio-ambiente/operacao-nova-alianca-maconha-reservas-paraguai/","publisher":"A Crítica (Campo Grande)","date":"2026-08-24","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260825034441/https://acritica.net/meio-ambiente/operacao-nova-alianca-maconha-reservas-paraguai/"}]},{"id":"french-polynesia-huahine-seizure-2026","code":"CET-3BNDEF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/french-polynesia-huahine-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/3BNDEF/","date":"2026-08-27","country":"pf","country_name":"French Polynesia","place":null,"coordinates":[-14.728,-144.805],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"French Polynesia seizes half a tonne of cannabis in Huahine","summary":"Customs seized 794 cannabis plants and 208 cuttings, about 513 kg, in Huahine and destroyed them on site. The raid was one of the largest cannabis seizures reported in the territory.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"french-polynesia-huahine-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Une demi-tonne de paka saisie à Huahine (27 August 2026)","url":"https://www.tntvnews.pf/polynesie/faits-divers/une-demi-tonne-de-paka-saisie-a-huahine/","publisher":"TNTV","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"new-zealand-operation-blackout-2026","code":"CET-2T9WMR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/new-zealand-operation-blackout-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2T9WMR/","date":"2026-08-25","country":"nz","country_name":"New Zealand","place":null,"coordinates":[-41.702,172.922],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police shut a cannabis grow-house syndicate and seize five tonnes","summary":"Police announced on 25 August 2026 that a 10-month investigation had shut down a Vietnamese-organised cannabis grow-house syndicate in Auckland. Twelve people were arrested in 19 raids; police seized about NZ$1.25 million of cultivation equipment, 35 kg of cannabis and NZ$80,000 in cash.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"new-zealand-operation-blackout-2026","sources":[{"title":"Blackout: Operation descends on Vietnamese organised crime group linked to cannabis (25 August 2026)","url":"https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/blackout-operation-descends-vietnamese-organise-crime-group-linked-cannabis","publisher":"New Zealand Police","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"oman-barka-drug-haul-2026","code":"CET-SGWZWK","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/oman-barka-drug-haul-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SGWZWK/","date":"2026-08-23","country":"om","country_name":"Oman","place":null,"coordinates":[20.586,56.062],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Oman police seize 185 kg of drugs and arrest seven in Al Barka","summary":"Police in South Al Batinah arrested seven Asian nationals in Al Barka after finding more than 185 kilograms of narcotics, including crystal meth, hashish, marijuana and morphine, and more than 120,000 psychotropic tablets. The Royal Oman Police said the group intended to traffic the drugs. The statement did not give a separate cannabis weight or say where the shipment entered Oman.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"oman-barka-drug-haul-2026","sources":[{"title":"Oman arrests 7 Asian nationals over drug trafficking, possession of 185kg of narcotics (23 August 2026)","url":"https://www.khaleejtimes.com/world/gulf/oman-arrest-7-asian-nationals-drug-trafficking-possession-185kg-narcotics","publisher":"Khaleej Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"mauritania-drug-seizures-2026","code":"CET-9CS1DE","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mauritania-drug-seizures-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/9CS1DE/","date":"2026-08-21","country":"mr","country_name":"Mauritania","place":null,"coordinates":[20.22,-10.37],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Mauritanian police seize hundreds of kilos of resin in a summer crackdown","summary":"Police and gendarmerie units announced a run of raids in July and August 2026, breaking up at least ten networks and arresting dozens of people. The largest seizures were 202 kg of cannabis resin hidden in food shipments, 230 kg in a truck trailer at Bassiknou and 210 kg at Nouadhibou, alongside smaller amounts and thousands of psychotropic tablets.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"mauritania-drug-seizures-2026","sources":[{"title":"Saisies de drogue et le démantèlement des réseaux criminels: la police et la gendarmerie multiplient les opérations, 21 August 2026","url":"https://lecalame.info/?q=node%2F18839","publisher":"Le Calame","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Importantes saisies au tableau de chasse de la gendarmerie..., 7 August 2026","url":"https://fr.saharamedias.net/importantes-saisies-au-tableau-de-chasse-de-la-gendarmerie-ces-dernieres-semaines-apres-le-demantelement-de-plusieurs-reseaux-de-trafiquants-de-drogues/","publisher":"Sahara Media","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":"abkhazia-airport-cannabis-2026","code":"CET-MD7C27","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/abkhazia-airport-cannabis-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MD7C27/","date":"2026-08-19","country":"xa","country_name":"Abkhazia","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Sukhumi airport customs find 4.8 grams of cannabis on a passenger","summary":"On 19 August 2026 customs officers at Sukhumi airport found 4.8 g of cannabis in the luggage of a 38-year-old Russian citizen during a pre-flight check. He was detained and handed to the interior ministry. The amount was just above the 4 g large-amount threshold, so the case could be prosecuted in the aggravated possession tier rather than as simple possession.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"abkhazia-airport-cannabis-2026","sources":[{"title":"В сухумском аэропорту задержали пассажира с марихуаной","url":"https://abkhaz-auto.ru/novosti/v-sukhumskom-aeroportu-zaderzhali-passazhira-s-marikhuanoi-25498","publisher":"Абхаз Авто","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"ndlea-edo-igbanke-farms","code":"CET-A8ZCDF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ndlea-edo-igbanke-farms/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/A8ZCDF/","date":"2026-08-17","country":"ng","country_name":"Nigeria","place":"Igbanke forest, Orhionmwon, Edo State","coordinates":[6.38,6.17],"precision":"district","type":"eradication","also":["arrest"],"title":"NDLEA destroys two cannabis farms in Edo and makes eleven arrests","summary":"Nigeria's drug agency destroyed 1.85 hectares of cannabis in the Igbanke forest and arrested eleven people, nine of them young men at one spot in Benin City. An opposition politician called the burning of farms a waste: \"You cannot burn your way out of poverty.\"","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":11,"hectares":1.85},"tags":["ndlea","farmers","legalisation-debate"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"NDLEA Destroys Cannabis Farms Worth 4628kg, Arrests 10 Suspected Traffickers In Edo","url":"https://saharareporters.com/2026/08/17/ndlea-destroys-cannabis-farms-worth-4628kg-arrests-10-suspected-traffickers-edo","publisher":"Sahara Reporters","date":"2026-08-17","archived":null},{"title":"Sowore Condemns NDLEA Over Cannabis Farms Destruction, Says Nigeria 'Cannot Burn Its Way Out Of Poverty'","url":"https://saharareporters.com/2026/08/18/sowore-condemns-ndlea-over-cannabis-farms-destruction-says-nigeria-cannot-burn-its-way","publisher":"Sahara Reporters","date":"2026-08-18","archived":null}]},{"id":"bangladesh-first-digital-drug-case-2026","code":"CET-S9C20V","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bangladesh-first-digital-drug-case-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/S9C20V/","date":"2026-08-16","country":"bd","country_name":"Bangladesh","place":null,"coordinates":[23.861,90.247],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bangladesh files its first case under the new digital drugs offence","summary":"The Department of Narcotics Control filed a case against Daraz's managing director, a supplier and two or three unidentified people over THC-infused CBD oil it said had been sold on the e-commerce platform. The case was filed on 16 August 2026, after a raid in Badda arrested the supplier and recovered oil, materials and equipment.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bangladesh-first-digital-drug-case-2026","sources":[{"title":"First cyberspace narcotics case filed over alleged THC-CBD sales on Daraz (17 August 2026)","url":"https://www.thedailystar.net/news/crime-justice/news/first-cyberspace-narcotics-case-filed-over-alleged-thc-cbd-sales-daraz-4250101","publisher":"The Daily Star","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Narcotics Control (Amendment) Act 2026, section 36A","url":"https://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-1730/section-59383.html","publisher":"Bangladesh Ministry of Law","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"djibouti-balbala-cannabis-network-2026","code":"CET-DH3K2J","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/djibouti-balbala-cannabis-network-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/DH3K2J/","date":"2026-08-12","country":"dj","country_name":"Djibouti","place":null,"coordinates":[11.749,42.56],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Djibouti gendarmes seize 12 kg of cannabis in Balbala","summary":"The Einguella gendarmerie brigade broke up what it called a cannabis distribution network in the Balbala district of Djibouti City, finding 88 packages weighing 12 kg at a storage site, with an estimated street value of 1.76 million Djiboutian francs. Several people were arrested, held in police custody before presentation to the justice authorities.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["military","enforcement","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"djibouti-balbala-cannabis-network-2026","sources":[{"title":"Djibouti seizes 12kg of cannabis, dismantles drug trafficking network (13 August 2026)","url":"https://www.dawan.africa/news/djibouti-seizes-12kg-of-cannabis-dismantles-drug-trafficking-network","publisher":"Dawan Africa","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"La Gendarmerie démantèle un réseau et saisit 12 kg de cannabis à Balbala","url":"https://rtd.dj/lutte-contre-le-trafic-de-stupefiants-la-gendarmerie-demantele-un-reseau-et-saisit-12-kg-de-cannabis-a-balbala/","publisher":"RTD","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"maldives-drug-enforcement-2026","code":"CET-2M3WDQ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-drug-enforcement-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2M3WDQ/","date":"2026-08-11","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Police seize 144 kg and arrest 1,875 people in seven months","summary":"Police said 1,141 drug operations between 1 January and 31 July 2026 seized more than 144 kg of drugs and 1,856 bottles of alcohol, and led to 1,875 arrests. They searched 23,249 people and more than 7,300 places, opened 1,533 cases and sent 634 to the Prosecutor General; 116 foreign nationals were handed to Immigration for deportation. The figures covered all drugs and did not separate cannabis.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-drug-enforcement-2026","sources":[{"title":"Police seize more than 144kg of drugs, arrest 1,875 people","url":"https://r24.mv/police-seize-more-than-144kg-of-drugs-arrest-1875-people/","publisher":"R24","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Police seize MVR 121 million in drugs and alcohol in seven-month crackdown","url":"https://etruth.mv/police-seize-mvr-121-million-in-drugs-and-alcohol-in-seven-month-crackdown/","publisher":"eTruth","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"odisha-36500-acres-2025-26","code":"CET-CN90NR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/odisha-36500-acres-2025-26/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CN90NR/","date":"2026-08-10","country":"in","country_name":"India","place":"Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Gajapati and one other district, Odisha","coordinates":[18.81,82.71],"precision":"region","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Odisha police destroyed cannabis on 36,500 acres in one season","summary":"In the 2025–26 growing season, police in six districts of Odisha destroyed cannabis on 36,508 acres (about 14,775 hectares) in 1,631 mapped plots. The state now tells revenue officials to watch the same land as the next season starts.","status":"verified","figures":{"hectares":14775},"tags":["ndps-act","hill-districts"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Odisha steps up vigil against illegal ganja cultivation","url":"https://www.orissapost.com/odisha-steps-up-vigil-against-illegal-ganja-cultivation/","publisher":"Orissa POST (IANS)","date":"2026-08-14","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260822204844/https://www.orissapost.com/odisha-steps-up-vigil-against-illegal-ganja-cultivation/"}]},{"id":"nepal-ncb-drug-data-2026","code":"CET-QCFPH4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nepal-ncb-drug-data-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QCFPH4/","date":"2026-08-09","country":"np","country_name":"Nepal","place":null,"coordinates":[28.258,83.947],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Nepal's drug arrests rise again","summary":"Narcotics Control Bureau data for the 2025/26 fiscal year showed 1,768 people arrested in anti-trafficking operations and 993 cases registered, with 1,325 charged and 1,113 remanded in custody. Police seized 1,603 kg of cannabis, 204 kg of Thai cannabis, 41.5 kg of hashish and 13.347 kg of cocaine, with a total market value of Rs 857.75 million.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"nepal-ncb-drug-data-2026","sources":[{"title":"1,768 drug traffickers arrested in Nepal in one year, 1,325 charged (9 August 2026)","url":"https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/1768-drug-traffickers-arrested-in-nepal-in-one-year-1325-charged-93-47.html","publisher":"myRepublica","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"south-korea-coast-guard-cannabis-2026","code":"CET-89E9MK","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/south-korea-coast-guard-cannabis-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/89E9MK/","date":"2026-08-07","country":"kr","country_name":"South Korea","place":null,"coordinates":[36.373,127.835],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"South Korea's coast guard arrests 249 poppy and cannabis growers","summary":"A four-month sweep from April to July 2026 caught 236 poppy growers and 13 cannabis growers, seizing 29,438 poppy plants, 37 cannabis plants and 5.5 kg of cannabis. The coast guard said cultivation was concentrated in rural and island areas and promised tighter sea-border checks.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"south-korea-coast-guard-cannabis-2026","sources":[{"title":"해경청, 양귀비·대마 불법재배 마약사범 249명 검거 (2026. 8. 7.)","url":"https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260807027000065","publisher":"연합뉴스","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"yongin-cousins-cannabis-villas","code":"CET-5EV4NF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/yongin-cousins-cannabis-villas/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5EV4NF/","date":"2026-08-06","country":"kr","country_name":"South Korea","place":"Yongin, Gyeonggi Province","coordinates":[37.241,127.177],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Cousins grew cannabis in rented Yongin villas and sold it online","summary":"Two cousins grew cannabis under LEDs and climate gear in two rented Yongin homes from last October to July, selling marijuana, jelly and liquid online for up to 1 million won a time. Police acting on a resident's tip arrested them on 6 August, seizing 35 plants, 2.3 kg and cryptocurrency.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":2.3,"value":{"amount":230000000,"currency":"KRW"}},"tags":["villas","online-sales"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Cousins Arrested for Growing Cannabis Worth Millions in Rented Villas","url":"https://en.sedaily.com/society/2026/08/14/cousins-arrested-for-growing-cannabis-worth-millions-in","publisher":"Seoul Economic Daily","date":"2026-08-14","archived":null}]},{"id":"afghanistan-panjshir-hashish-seizure-2026","code":"CET-3ZBKBN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/afghanistan-panjshir-hashish-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/3ZBKBN/","date":"2026-08-05","country":"af","country_name":"Afghanistan","place":null,"coordinates":[33.819,65.926],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police seize 245 kg of hashish in Panjshir","summary":"Anti-narcotics police stopped a shipment of 245 kilograms of hashish in the Kotol Anjuman area of Paryan district, Panjshir province, and arrested four people. The suspects were referred to judicial authorities after initial questioning. The ministry did not say where the shipment was going.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"afghanistan-panjshir-hashish-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Taliban police seize 245 kilograms of hashish in Panjshir, arrest four suspects (5 August 2026)","url":"https://atlaspress.news/en/2026/08/05/taliban-police-seize-245kg-hashish-panjshir-arrest-four/","publisher":"AtlasPress","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kalinga-tinglayan-butbut-48000-plants","code":"CET-44AQZD","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kalinga-tinglayan-butbut-48000-plants/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/44AQZD/","date":"2026-08-03","country":"ph","country_name":"Philippines","place":"Butbut Proper, Tinglayan, Kalinga","coordinates":[17.26,121.15],"precision":"district","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"48,000 cannabis plants burned in a Kalinga communal forest","summary":"Drug agents and police spent two days uprooting and burning 48,000 cannabis plants on 6,000 square metres of a communal forest in Tinglayan, in the mountains of northern Luzon. No one was arrested.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":48000,"hectares":0.6,"value":{"amount":9600000,"currency":"PHP"}},"tags":["cordillera","communal-land"],"cover":{"url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/_astro/kalinga-tinglayan-eradication-2026.CLEK5SDS.jpg","alt":"Police and drug agents in uniform climb a steep, cleared mountain slope in Tinglayan, with misty green ridges behind them","credit":"PDEA Cordillera, via Daily Tribune","licence":"Work of the Government of the Philippines (no copyright, RA 8293 §176)","source":"https://tribune.net.ph/2026/08/04/p96-million-worth-of-weeds-destroyed-in-kalinga"},"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"P9.6 million worth of weeds destroyed in Kalinga","url":"https://tribune.net.ph/2026/08/04/p96-million-worth-of-weeds-destroyed-in-kalinga","publisher":"Daily Tribune","date":"2026-08-04","archived":null}]},{"id":"cambodia-drug-arrests-2026","code":"CET-P3EDCH","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cambodia-drug-arrests-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/P3EDCH/","date":"2026-08-02","country":"kh","country_name":"Cambodia","place":null,"coordinates":[12.719,104.905],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Cambodia reports 16,498 drug suspects in seven months","summary":"An Anti-Drug Department report counted 16,498 drug suspects in January–July 2026, 10% more than the 14,977 a year earlier; 889 were foreigners. Authorities seized 2.51 tonnes of illicit drugs and 105 kg of dried cannabis, against 1.91 tonnes in the same period of 2025. The figures cover all drugs.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"cambodia-drug-arrests-2026","sources":[{"title":"Cambodia reports jump in drug arrests, seizures in first 7 months of 2026 (2 August 2026)","url":"https://cambodianess.com/article/cambodia-reports-jump-in-drug-arrests-seizures-in-first-7-months-of-2026","publisher":"Cambodianess (Xinhua)","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"solomon-islands-tetere-uproot-2026","code":"CET-HSR4VZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/solomon-islands-tetere-uproot-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HSR4VZ/","date":"2026-08-02","country":"sb","country_name":"Solomon Islands","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.922,159.62],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Tetere police uproot 300 cannabis plants as the grower escapes","summary":"On 2 August 2026 officers at Tetere station uprooted more than 300 marijuana plants at the riverside near Ngalimera community in North Guadalcanal. The suspected grower ran off before police arrived and no arrest was made. Police repeated that cultivation is a serious offence under the Dangerous Drugs Act.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"solomon-islands-tetere-uproot-2026","sources":[{"title":"Police uproots 300 plus marijuana plants in G-Plains","url":"https://www.rsipf.gov.sb/?q=node/3628","publisher":"Royal Solomon Islands Police Force","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"south-korea-drug-white-paper-2025","code":"CET-Z6Q9J4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/south-korea-drug-white-paper-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Z6Q9J4/","date":"2026-07-28","country":"kr","country_name":"South Korea","place":null,"coordinates":[36.373,127.835],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"South Korea's cannabis arrests fall by a quarter as smuggling hits a record","summary":"The 2025 drug crime white paper recorded 2,459 cannabis offenders, down 25.9% from 3,317 in 2024 and 4,085 in 2023; use fell to 1,016 while smuggling rose to 335. Overall drug offenders rose 1.7% to 23,403, and smuggling offenders hit a record 1,772. Seizures included 128.6 kg of herbal cannabis and 5.6 kg of resin.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"south-korea-drug-white-paper-2025","sources":[{"title":"2025년 마약류 범죄백서 제3장 (2026. 7. 28., PDF)","url":"https://www.spo.go.kr/common/board/Download.do?bcIdx=1108709&cbIdx=1204&streFileNm=d4ddc65d-7970-4eea-a371-8a1659a393aa.pdf","publisher":"대검찰청","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"작년 마약사범 2만3천명, 62%는 30대 이하…밀수·제조 역대최대 (2026. 7. 28.)","url":"https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260728157000004","publisher":"연합뉴스","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"yemen-drug-seizures-2026-h1","code":"CET-BVBEDN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/yemen-drug-seizures-2026-h1/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BVBEDN/","date":"2026-07-28","country":"ye","country_name":"Yemen","place":null,"coordinates":[15.917,47.568],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Yemen's government reports about 1.3 tonnes of drugs seized in first half of 2026","summary":"The interior ministry's drug-control administration reported about 1.3 tonnes of drugs seized in government-controlled areas in the first half of 2026: 613.7 kg of hashish, 617.6 kg of methamphetamine, 100 kg of heroin, 4 kg of opium, more than a million Captagon pills and 41,768 other pills.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"yemen-drug-seizures-2026-h1","sources":[{"title":"The first half of 2026: 1.29 tonnes of drugs seized in government areas","url":"https://ydn.news/?p=127813","publisher":"Yemen Daily News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"nepal-saptari-seizure-2026","code":"CET-63ZHX4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nepal-saptari-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/63ZHX4/","date":"2026-07-23","country":"np","country_name":"Nepal","place":null,"coordinates":[28.258,83.947],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police seize 3.3 tonnes of cannabis in Saptari","summary":"On the night of 23 July 2026 police in Saptari stopped three vehicles at Tilathi Koiladi-5 and found 3,332 kg of cannabis packed in 100 sacks. The drivers fled and no arrests were reported. It was one of the largest single cannabis seizures in Nepal, in a period when police reported a record 51,439 kg seized in the previous fiscal year.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"nepal-saptari-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Police seize 3,332 kg of marijuana in Saptari (23 July 2026)","url":"https://nepalnews.com/2026/07/23/police-seize-3332-kg-of-marijuana-in-saptari/","publisher":"Nepalnews","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"south-korea-cbd-import-crackdown-2026","code":"CET-1Q85R1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/south-korea-cbd-import-crackdown-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/1Q85R1/","date":"2026-07-22","country":"kr","country_name":"South Korea","place":null,"coordinates":[36.373,127.835],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"South Korea blocks 22 imported 'hemp' foods after finding drugs","summary":"The food and drug ministry tested 32 overseas-purchase products marketed with cannabis, hemp or kanna and found controlled substances in 22 of them, including cannabis compounds and the temporary narcotic mesembrine. It asked customs to hold the products and platforms to block their sale, and warned that importing or eating them is punishable.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"south-korea-cbd-import-crackdown-2026","sources":[{"title":"해외직구 '대마' 표시 식품서 마약류 11종 검출…22개 제품 적발 (2026. 7. 22.)","url":"https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260722053200017","publisher":"연합뉴스","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"south-korea-home-cannabis-grows-2026","code":"CET-F4YBZ6","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/south-korea-home-cannabis-grows-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F4YBZ6/","date":"2026-07-22","country":"kr","country_name":"South Korea","place":null,"coordinates":[36.373,127.835],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"South Korea indicts 12 people for growing cannabis at home","summary":"The joint drug headquarters indicted 12 people, six of them detained, after a four-month sweep of home and factory grows; those charged included a hip-hop group member, an English teacher and a composer. Investigators seized about 3 kg of cannabis, 39 plants and cannabis jelly, and said ordinary residents were treating home growing as an entry drug.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"south-korea-home-cannabis-grows-2026","sources":[{"title":"'주거지서 대마 재배' 힙합 가수·영어 강사 등 12명 재판행 (2026. 7. 22.)","url":"https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20260722_0003718878","publisher":"뉴시스","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kyrgyzstan-cannabis-product-searches-2026","code":"CET-293NHF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kyrgyzstan-cannabis-product-searches-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/293NHF/","date":"2026-07-20","country":"kg","country_name":"Kyrgyzstan","place":null,"coordinates":[41.474,74.509],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Kyrgyzstan reports three arrests over cannabis teas and oils","summary":"Police reported detaining three suspects after investigating cannabis products prepared for a festival in Tuura-Suu and searching homes and a shop.[@1] The Interior Ministry said laboratory tests found marijuana in two sample packages; searches also recovered cannabis oil, marijuana, seeds and products marketed as teas and other goods.[@1] A supply investigation was continuing when the arrests…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","food","trade","seeds"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kyrgyzstan-cannabis-product-searches-2026","sources":[{"title":"cannabis products sold as teas and oils; three suspects detained","url":"https://kaktus.media/doc/550029_prodykciu_s_kannabisom_prodavali_kak_chai_i_masla._zaderjany_troe_podozrevaemyh.html","publisher":"Kaktus.media","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"syria-sweida-hashish-2026","code":"CET-6Q0Y5V","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/syria-sweida-hashish-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6Q0Y5V/","date":"2026-07-20","country":"sy","country_name":"Syria","place":null,"coordinates":[35.019,38.488],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Syria seizes half a tonne of hashish in Sweida","summary":"The Drug Enforcement Administration said it foiled an international smuggling attempt in the southeastern countryside of Sweida and seized nearly half a tonne of hashish. It said the drugs belonged to outlaw groups operating in the province and that the operation was run with the Internal Security Command in the Badia. The announcement gave no arrest figure.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"syria-sweida-hashish-2026","sources":[{"title":"Syrian anti-narcotics authorities seize nearly half a ton of hashish in Sweida (20 July 2026)","url":"https://sana.sy/en/syria/2330792/","publisher":"SANA","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bangladesh-cannabis-seizures-2025","code":"CET-JJSTKB","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bangladesh-cannabis-seizures-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/JJSTKB/","date":"2026-07-15","country":"bd","country_name":"Bangladesh","place":null,"coordinates":[23.861,90.247],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bangladesh counts 105 border points used by traffickers","summary":"A report in July 2026 counted at least 105 border points in 18 districts used to bring in narcotics of all kinds. Authorities seized 96,358 kg of cannabis in 2025, down from 114,345 kg in 2024.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bangladesh-cannabis-seizures-2025","sources":[{"title":"Bangladesh's narco trail: traffickers tap 105 border points across 18 districts (28 July 2026)","url":"https://asianews.network/?p=290436","publisher":"The Daily Star via Asia News Network","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bangladesh-nationwide-drug-arrests-2026","code":"CET-CZVMGX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bangladesh-nationwide-drug-arrests-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CZVMGX/","date":"2026-07-13","country":"bd","country_name":"Bangladesh","place":null,"coordinates":[23.861,90.247],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Bangladesh arrests 20,439 on drug charges in a 72-day sweep","summary":"Police headquarters said 20,439 people were arrested on narcotics charges during a nationwide operation from 1 May to 12 July 2026, part of nearly 117,000 arrests for all offences. Officers filed 14,157 drug cases and seized 5,336 packets of cannabis along with yaba, heroin, phensedyl and liquor. The operation ended the day before parliament passed the 2026 narcotics amendment.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bangladesh-nationwide-drug-arrests-2026","sources":[{"title":"117,000 arrested across Bangladesh, including Dhaka, in 72-day police operation (13 July 2026)","url":"https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/crime-and-law/5wd2ktlv5o","publisher":"Prothom Alo","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kazakhstan-karasora-2026","code":"CET-KEVY2K","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kazakhstan-karasora-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/KEVY2K/","date":"2026-07-13","country":"kz","country_name":"Kazakhstan","place":null,"coordinates":[48.362,67.246],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Kazakhstan's 2026 cannabis campaign finds 40 plantations in ten days","summary":"In the first ten days of the 2026 Karasora operation, police recorded 187 drug offences, including 46 sales, 40 cases of cultivating drug plants and four of smuggling. They seized 760 kg of drugs, among them more than 121 kg of synthetic drugs, and 266 kg of precursors. A separate case in Astana involved 245 g of alpha-PVP packed in 227 sachets.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kazakhstan-karasora-2026","sources":[{"title":"МВД: Более 121 кг синтетических наркотиков изъято за первую декаду июля (13 июля 2026)","url":"https://polisia.kz/ru/mvd-bolee-121-kg-sinteticheskih-narkotikov-iz-yato-za-pervuyu-dekadu-iyulya/","publisher":"Polisia.kz","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"760 килограммов наркотиков за 10 дней - МВД раскрыло итоги масштабной операции (13 июля 2026)","url":"https://tengrinews.kz/crime/760-kilogrammov-narkotikov-10-dney-mvd-raskryilo-itogi-603768/","publisher":"Tengrinews.kz","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-jericho-hashish-seizure-2026","code":"CET-AFVJ5K","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-jericho-hashish-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/AFVJ5K/","date":"2026-07-10","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Palestinian police seize 23 kg of hashish in Jericho","summary":"The PA anti-narcotics police seized 230 slabs of hashish weighing 23 kg in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, worth more than 500,000 shekels. Police said the haul was meant for distribution in several governorates and some for smuggling across the border; no arrests were announced in the first statement.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-jericho-hashish-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Pre-emptive strike against drug dealers: 23 kg of hashish seized in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, 10 July 2026","url":"https://www.akhbar-sharq.com/news/61015","publisher":"Akhbar Al-Sharq","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"california-ucetf-q2-2026","code":"CET-Q2RTFX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/california-ucetf-q2-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Q2RTFX/","date":"2026-07-08","country":"us/ca","country_name":"California, United States","place":"Kern, Alameda, Butte, Los Angeles and six other counties","coordinates":[35.35,-119],"precision":"region","type":"seizure","also":["raid","eradication","arrest"],"title":"California seizes 63,000 pounds of unlicensed cannabis in three months","summary":"Between April and June 2026, California's cannabis task force destroyed or seized 63,204 pounds of cannabis and 89,257 plants in ten counties, and arrested 24 people.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":24,"kg_seized":28669,"plants_destroyed":89257,"value":{"amount":104000000,"currency":"USD"}},"tags":["ucetf","unlicensed-market","pesticides"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"California continues illegal cannabis crackdown, seizing more than 63,000 pounds of illegal cannabis in three months","url":"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/07/08/california-continues-illegal-cannabis-crackdown-seizing-more-than-63000-pounds-of-illegal-cannabis-in-three-months/","publisher":"Office of the Governor of California","date":"2026-07-08","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260728233532/https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/07/08/california-continues-illegal-cannabis-crackdown-seizing-more-than-63000-pounds-of-illegal-cannabis-in-three-months/"},{"title":"California continues illegal cannabis crackdown, seizing more than 63,000 pounds of illegal cannabis in three months","url":"https://www.cannabis.ca.gov/posts/california-continues-illegal-cannabis-crackdown-seizing-more-than-63000-pounds-of-illegal-cannabis-in-three-months/","publisher":"California Department of Cannabis Control","date":"2026-07-14","archived":null}]},{"id":"thailand-export-seizures-2026","code":"CET-A32RRH","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/thailand-export-seizures-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/A32RRH/","date":"2026-07-06","country":"th","country_name":"Thailand","place":null,"coordinates":[15.083,101.001],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Thai police warn couriers after 4.5 tonnes seized abroad","summary":"Thai police warned travellers after 4.5 tonnes of cannabis said to have come from Thailand were seized in Hong Kong, Indonesia and Poland: 23 kg in Hong Kong, 3.37 tonnes in Indonesia and 1.2 tonnes hidden in construction bricks in Poland. The force said couriers could face life imprisonment or the death penalty abroad, although Thailand itself has no death penalty for cannabis.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"thailand-export-seizures-2026","sources":[{"title":"Thai police issue warning as Bangkok is left red faced after massive exported cannabis seizures abroad (6 July 2026)","url":"https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2026/07/06/thai-police-issue-warning-as-bangkok-is-left-red-faced-after-massive-exported-cannabis-seizures-abroad","publisher":"Thai Examiner","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Narcotics Code B.E. 2564 (English translation)","url":"https://en.fda.moph.go.th/media.php?id=517578787425230848&name=NARCOTICS-CODE-ONCB120666.pdf","publisher":"Thai Food and Drug Administration","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"indonesia-thai-cannabis-import-2026","code":"CET-59PWY1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/indonesia-thai-cannabis-import-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/59PWY1/","date":"2026-07-02","country":"id","country_name":"Indonesia","place":null,"coordinates":[-2.264,117.181],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Indonesia seizes 3.37 tonnes of Thai cannabis buds in East Java","summary":"A joint BNN, customs and East Java police operation from 29 June to 1 July 2026 found 3.37 tonnes of cannabis buds from Thailand in 500 suitcases and 80 cartons at a warehouse in Gresik. Twelve people were arrested, including a Chinese national; BNN said the buds were intended to be turned into THC vape liquid.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"indonesia-thai-cannabis-import-2026","sources":[{"title":"BNN: Narkoba 3,37 Ton Diduga Akan Diolah Jadi Cairan Vape (3 July 2026)","url":"https://rri.co.id/hukum/hukum/2542712/bnn-narkoba-337-ton-diduga-akan-diolah-jadi-cairan-vape","publisher":"RRI","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"uzbekistan-cannabis-greenhouse-2026","code":"CET-5FHCZG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/uzbekistan-cannabis-greenhouse-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5FHCZG/","date":"2026-07-01","country":"uz","country_name":"Uzbekistan","place":null,"coordinates":[41.776,63.303],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Uzbek security services find 714 cannabis plants in a Shahrisabz greenhouse","summary":"The State Security Service said a man in Shahrisabz had built a greenhouse on a 5.3-hectare plot at his home and was growing 714 cannabis plants for sale; the dried material weighed 201 kg. In a separate case in Tashkent, a previously convicted man was stopped with 1.994 kg of hashish said to have been smuggled from a neighbouring country. Criminal cases were opened in both.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"uzbekistan-cannabis-greenhouse-2026","sources":[{"title":"Kashkadarya: 201 kg of cannabis seized, nearly 2 kg of hashish confiscated in Tashkent (1 July 2026)","url":"https://zamon.uz/en/2026/07/01/kashkadarya-201-kg-of-cannabis-seized-nearly-2-kg-of-hashish-confiscated-in-tashkent","publisher":"Zamon.uz","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"philippines-drug-war-10-years-2026","code":"CET-F8XSHJ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/philippines-drug-war-10-years-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F8XSHJ/","date":"2026-06-30","country":"ph","country_name":"Philippines","place":null,"coordinates":[11.729,122.919],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Ten years on, drug-war killings continue under Marcos","summary":"Human Rights Watch marked ten years since Duterte launched the drug war with a report that Marcos had never repudiated it or rescinded its orders. The Dahas Project counted 1,273 killings in the anti-drug campaign since Marcos took office in June 2022, including 330 in 2023–2025, while police reported about 6,200 deaths under Duterte and rights groups estimated up to 30,000.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"philippines-drug-war-10-years-2026","sources":[{"title":"Philippines: 'Drug War' Abuses Persist 10 Years On (30 June 2026)","url":"https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/06/30/philippines-drug-war-abuses-persist-10-years-on","publisher":"Human Rights Watch","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"moldova-costesti-seed-seizure-2026","code":"CET-NDW288","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/moldova-costesti-seed-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NDW288/","date":"2026-06-29","country":"md","country_name":"Moldova","place":null,"coordinates":[47.187,28.466],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Moldovan border officers seize suspected cannabis seeds from a passenger","summary":"Border and customs officers at Costești found 50 suspected cannabis seeds in a passenger’s baggage on a coach arriving from Belgium. The seeds were sent for expert examination and the investigation continued.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"moldova-costesti-seed-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Suspected cannabis seeds found at Costești, 29 June 2026","url":"https://border.gov.md/index.php/seminte-de-canabis-depistate-punctul-de-trecere-frontierei-costesti","publisher":"Moldova Border Police","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"togo-drug-seizures-report-2026","code":"CET-NQWXK7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/togo-drug-seizures-report-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NQWXK7/","date":"2026-06-28","country":"tg","country_name":"Togo","place":null,"coordinates":[8.521,0.964],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Togo reports over 50 tonnes of drugs seized, mainly cannabis","summary":"Togo reported that security forces had seized more than 50 tonnes of drugs in 2025, mainly cannabis, alongside 52 kg of cocaine and psychotropic drugs. Security minister Calixte Madjoulba pointed to the seizures as evidence of anti-trafficking work.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trafficking","trade"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"togo-drug-seizures-report-2026","sources":[{"title":"Plus de 50 tonnes de drogues saisies l’année dernière (28 June 2026)","url":"https://www.republicoftogo.com/toutes-les-rubriques/societe/plus-de-50-tonnes-de-drogues-saisies-l-annee-derniere","publisher":"République Togolaise","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"brunei-cannabis-death-charge-reduced-2026","code":"CET-A2B11A","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/brunei-cannabis-death-charge-reduced-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/A2B11A/","date":"2026-06-27","country":"bn","country_name":"Brunei","place":null,"coordinates":[4.52,114.722],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Brunei drops a capital cannabis charge and jails the man for nearly six years","summary":"A man arrested in January 2016 with 756.33 g of cannabis had faced a trafficking charge that carried the death penalty. In June 2026 prosecutors replaced it with two charges of possession for trafficking, covering 200 g of cannabis and 84.17 g of cannabis mixture, and he pleaded guilty.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"brunei-cannabis-death-charge-reduced-2026","sources":[{"title":"Public Prosecutor v Lim Yen Sheng @ Muhammad Benny Ar-Rayyan bin Abdullah, HCCT 6/2019 (27 June 2026)","url":"https://www.judiciary.gov.bn/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/sentencing_HCCT_6_2019.pdf","publisher":"Brunei Judiciary","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"myanmar-drug-burning-2026","code":"CET-M7JM2R","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/myanmar-drug-burning-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/M7JM2R/","date":"2026-06-26","country":"mm","country_name":"Myanmar","place":null,"coordinates":[21.113,96.495],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Myanmar burns more than 50 tonnes of seized drugs","summary":"On the UN International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the regime burned more than 50 tonnes of heroin, opium, ketamine, methamphetamine, marijuana and crystal meth, valued at about US$600 million, in Yangon, Mandalay and Taunggyi. The total was more than double the 2025 figure. No marijuana weight was given.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"myanmar-drug-burning-2026","sources":[{"title":"Myanmar torches $600 million of seized heroin, meth and other drugs (26 June 2026)","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/myanmar-torches-600-million-seized-heroin-meth-drugs-rcna351888","publisher":"AP via NBC News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"syria-without-drugs-campaign-2026","code":"CET-M14Z43","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/syria-without-drugs-campaign-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/M14Z43/","date":"2026-06-26","country":"sy","country_name":"Syria","place":null,"coordinates":[35.019,38.488],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Syria launches 'Syria Without Drugs' with a tally of the crackdown","summary":"The interior and health ministries launched a national anti-drug campaign at a ceremony in Damascus attended by President al-Sharaa.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"syria-without-drugs-campaign-2026","sources":[{"title":"بحضور الرئيس الشرع.. إطلاق الحملة الوطنية لمكافحة المخدرات ومعالجة الإدمان (26 June 2026)","url":"https://sana.sy/presidency/2511964/","publisher":"SANA","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Syria Launches National Campaign on International Day Against Drug Abuse (27 June 2026)","url":"https://levant24.com/en/article/syria-launches-national-campaign-on-international-day-against-drug-abuse","publisher":"Levant24","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"indonesia-dutch-cannabis-farm-2026","code":"CET-09C99Y","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/indonesia-dutch-cannabis-farm-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/09C99Y/","date":"2026-06-23","country":"id","country_name":"Indonesia","place":null,"coordinates":[-2.264,117.181],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"A Bali court gives a Dutch cannabis grower three years, not death","summary":"Police arrested a 31-year-old Dutchman and his Russian wife on 1 October 2025 after finding a hydroponic cannabis farm in their rented Denpasar house. Prosecutors sought nine years, but the Denpasar court convicted him under the plant-cultivation article and sentenced him to three years and a Rp510 million fine on 23 June 2026.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"indonesia-dutch-cannabis-farm-2026","sources":[{"title":"WN Belanda penanam ganja hidroponik di Bali divonis 3 tahun penjara (23 June 2026)","url":"https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5620037/wn-belanda-penanam-ganja-hidroponik-di-bali-divonis-3-tahun-penjara","publisher":"ANTARA","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Dutch man faces death penalty in Bali over alleged cannabis farm (7 October 2025)","url":"https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2025/10/07/dutch-man-faces-death-penalty-in-bali-over-alleged-cannabis-farm","publisher":"The Jakarta Post","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"belarus-drug-sentence-report-2026","code":"CET-F6HSEA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/belarus-drug-sentence-report-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F6HSEA/","date":"2026-06-23","country":"by","country_name":"Belarus","place":null,"coordinates":[53.519,28.016],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Belarus reports more drug sentences served under restriction of liberty","summary":"The Prosecutor General’s Office reported that restriction of liberty made up 48% of drug sentences in the previous year, with personal-use offences its most frequent application. Short custodial sentences rose from 0.14% to 3.4% of sentences. The figures covered drug offences generally and followed the 2025 expansion of sentencing options.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"belarus-drug-sentence-report-2026","sources":[{"title":"sentencing practice after the 2025 reform, 23 June 2026","url":"https://t.me/prokuraturabelarus/13713","publisher":"Belarus Prosecutor General’s Office","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"text reproduced by Legalize Belarus, updated 27 July 2025","url":"https://legalizebelarus.org/presa/statja-328-ugolovnogo-kodieksa-rjespubliki-bjelarus/","publisher":"Belarus Criminal Code drug offence","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"libya-misrata-cannabis-resin-2026","code":"CET-N00JQ5","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/libya-misrata-cannabis-resin-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/N00JQ5/","date":"2026-06-23","country":"ly","country_name":"Libya","place":null,"coordinates":[27.017,18.066],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Misrata customs seize more than five tonnes of cannabis resin","summary":"Customs officers at Misrata Free Zone port found 4,752 blocks of hashish, each about 1.15 kg, hidden among other goods in two containers. The haul totalled more than five tonnes and one Libyan man was arrested. Prosecutors in East Misrata supervised the case.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"libya-misrata-cannabis-resin-2026","sources":[{"title":"Misrata customs seize more than five tonnes of hashish, 25 June 2026","url":"https://libyaobserver.ly/crimes/misrata-customs-seize-more-five-tonnes-hashish","publisher":"The Libya Observer","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"iran-drug-arrests-1404","code":"CET-H1XKVG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/iran-drug-arrests-1404/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/H1XKVG/","date":"2026-06-22","country":"ir","country_name":"Iran","place":null,"coordinates":[32.527,54.441],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Iran says drug arrests passed 500,000 in 1404","summary":"Iran's Drug Control Headquarters said more than 500,000 retailers, distributors and people connected to drug offences were arrested in the Iranian year 1404, which ended in March 2026. It said seizures rose about 3% from 1403 but gave no cannabis breakdown.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"iran-drug-arrests-1404","sources":[{"title":"آمریکا بیشترین مصرف‌کننده مواد مخدر/ کشت خشخاش همچنان ممنوع است (1 Tir 1405 / 22 June 2026)","url":"https://tasnimnews.ir/fa/news/1405/04/01/3623599/","publisher":"Tasnim News Agency","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"france-parcel-post-cannabis-ring","code":"CET-7SHR33","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/france-parcel-post-cannabis-ring/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/7SHR33/","date":"2026-06-19","country":"fr","country_name":"France","place":"Rennes region, France","coordinates":[48.117,-1.677],"precision":"region","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Ten arrested as parcel-post cannabis ring supplying France is dismantled","summary":"French and Spanish police arrested 10 suspects and searched 24 premises in a Eurojust-coordinated action week, breaking a ring that moved about 1.4 tonnes of cannabis from Barcelona to Rennes by post since 2024. 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Four suspects were arrested and the prosecutor ordered 48 hours of detention while proceedings continued.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kosovo-pristina-ferizaj-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Pristina and Ferizaj operation, reported 25 June 2026","url":"https://www.kosovopolice.com/en/the-kosovo-police-and-the-basic-prosecution-in-prishtina-seize-about-60-kg-of-narcotic-substance-and-arrest-four-suspects/","publisher":"Kosovo Police","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"china-drug-report-2025","code":"CET-0FFB26","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/china-drug-report-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0FFB26/","date":"2026-06-17","country":"cn","country_name":"China","place":null,"coordinates":[36.691,103.378],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"China's cannabis user numbers fall again in 2025","summary":"The 2025 drug situation report recorded 27,000 drug crime cases, 41,000 suspects and 33.5 tonnes of drugs seized, with 134,000 users handled. It counted 15,000 existing cannabis users at the end of 2025, down 4.7%, and 3,000 cannabis users punished during the year, down 30.2%. Of 20.5 tonnes seized from foreign sources, the report named methamphetamine, heroin and cannabis as the main types.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"china-drug-report-2025","sources":[{"title":"2025年中国毒情形势报告（2026年6月17日）","url":"http://www.nncc626.com/20260616/d7b27d03f84b40e3b03b98a6e8327eb9/c.html","publisher":"中国禁毒网","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"uae-marijuana-hash-oil-raid-2026","code":"CET-CMFQ3T","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/uae-marijuana-hash-oil-raid-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CMFQ3T/","date":"2026-06-16","country":"ae","country_name":"United Arab Emirates","place":null,"coordinates":[23.905,54.293],"precision":"country","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"UAE police seize marijuana and hash oil in a 23-person raid","summary":"The National Anti-Narcotics Authority and Ras Al Khaimah police arrested 23 people and seized marijuana, hash oil and synthetic cannabinoid materials in a nationwide operation. Two were arrested while transporting drugs, 11 more were linked to a ringleader based abroad, and 10 were held in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Ajman.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"uae-marijuana-hash-oil-raid-2026","sources":[{"title":"UAE foils drug trafficking plot, arrests 23 suspects (16 June 2026)","url":"https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/uae-foils-drug-trafficking-plot-arrests-23-suspects-1.500576534","publisher":"Gulf News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"india-ncb-annual-report-2025","code":"CET-TPE0H3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/india-ncb-annual-report-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TPE0H3/","date":"2026-06-15","country":"in","country_name":"India","place":null,"coordinates":[22.777,79.564],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"India's narcotics bureau reports 634 tonnes of cannabis seized","summary":"The Narcotics Control Bureau's annual report for 2025 counted 633.59 tonnes of cannabis seized, about half of all drugs by weight, up from 540.8 tonnes in 2024 but below the 816.9 tonnes of 2021.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"india-ncb-annual-report-2025","sources":[{"title":"Drug seizures dipped in 2025 despite rise in cases and arrests, on the NCB annual report (26 June 2026)","url":"https://www.deccanherald.com/india/drug-seizures-dipped-in-2025-despte-rise-in-cases-and-arrests-4053218","publisher":"Deccan Herald","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"vietnam-cannabis-death-sentences-2026","code":"CET-Q1GVAX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/vietnam-cannabis-death-sentences-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Q1GVAX/","date":"2026-06-12","country":"vn","country_name":"Vietnam","place":null,"coordinates":[16.544,106.346],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Vietnam sentences two cannabis traffickers to death over 401 kg","summary":"On 12 June 2026, the Quảng Ninh provincial people's court sentenced 18 defendants in a cannabis ring that had used Telegram to take orders and arrange payment. The court found more than 401 kg of cannabis had been traded between 2023 and June 2024. Nguyễn Phi Cơ and Nguyễn Duy Mạnh received death sentences; Nguyễn Tuấn Anh received life.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"vietnam-cannabis-death-sentences-2026","sources":[{"title":"Án tử hình cho 2 đối tượng mua bán trái phép hơn 400 kg cần sa","url":"https://baophapluat.vn/an-tu-hinh-cho-2-doi-tuong-mua-ban-trai-phep-hon-400-kg-can-sa.html","publisher":"baophapluat.vn","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"moldova-vadul-cannabis-laboratory-2026","code":"CET-29S7D6","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/moldova-vadul-cannabis-laboratory-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/29S7D6/","date":"2026-06-10","country":"md","country_name":"Moldova","place":null,"coordinates":[47.187,28.466],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Moldovan police uncover a cannabis-growing site at Vadul lui Vodă","summary":"Police reported approximately 2.5 kg of cannabis and a growing site in an investigation involving two men suspected of cultivation and supply. One suspect was detained for 72 hours while the other was investigated at liberty; both retained the presumption of innocence.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"moldova-vadul-cannabis-laboratory-2026","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis laboratory investigation at Vadul lui Vodă, 10 June 2026","url":"https://politia.md/ro/politia-actiune/laborator-modern-de-canabis-destructurat-la-vadul-lui-voda-25-kg-de-droguri","publisher":"Moldova Police","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"macau-record-cannabis-seizure-2026","code":"CET-8HE30G","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/macau-record-cannabis-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8HE30G/","date":"2026-06-08","country":"mo","country_name":"Macau","place":null,"coordinates":[22.223,113.509],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Macau breaks its cannabis record with a 35 kg airport haul","summary":"A 25-year-old Hong Kong man was arrested at Macau International Airport with about 35 kg of cannabis flower in two suitcases, packed in 60 packets, after arriving from Southeast Asia. Police valued the haul at about MOP35 million and called it the largest cannabis case in Macau's history, eight months after the previous record.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"macau-record-cannabis-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Record MOP35 million cannabis haul seized at airport, 10 June 2026","url":"https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/record-mop35-million-cannabis-haul-seized-at-airport.html","publisher":"Macau Daily Times","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"2026 Judiciary Police Day speech and statistics, 17 July 2026","url":"https://www.pj.gov.mo/Web//u/cms/www/202607/17140958l4ap.pdf","publisher":"Judiciary Police","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"jordan-officer-killing-death-sentence-2026","code":"CET-GVFCQ4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jordan-officer-killing-death-sentence-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GVFCQ4/","date":"2026-06-07","country":"jo","country_name":"Jordan","place":null,"coordinates":[31.239,36.757],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Jordan sentences a man to death for killing three anti-narcotics officers","summary":"The State Security Court sentenced a man to death on 7 June 2026 for the killing of three anti-narcotics officers. The court convicted him on five felony counts, including three counts of assaulting officers enforcing the narcotics law that resulted in death, and ordered the confiscation of all seized items.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"jordan-officer-killing-death-sentence-2026","sources":[{"title":"Court Sentences Defendant to Death in Anti-Narcotics Officers' Killing Case","url":"https://petra.gov.jo/en/news/court-sentences-defendant-to-death-in-anti-narcotics-officers-killing-case","publisher":"Petra","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"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":"lesotho-srugo-case-2026","code":"CET-YT2XZQ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/lesotho-srugo-case-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/YT2XZQ/","date":"2026-06-02","country":"ls","country_name":"Lesotho","place":null,"coordinates":[-29.579,28.229],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Lesotho court dismisses the Srugo cannabis case","summary":"The criminal case against Tom Srugo under section 9(1)(a)–(b) read with section 6 was dismissed for lack of prosecution, and a court order directed the return of 337 plants and 4 kg seized from his Thetsane residence in 2024. Police had still not returned the plants by October 2026, and the Ministry of Health was withholding a licence renewal.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"lesotho-srugo-case-2026","sources":[{"title":"Israeli farmer demands cannabis back (25 October 2026)","url":"https://sundayexpress.co.ls/?p=36834","publisher":"Sunday Express","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"turkmenistan-heroin-transit-2026","code":"CET-G0VX3N","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/turkmenistan-heroin-transit-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/G0VX3N/","date":"2026-05-30","country":"tm","country_name":"Turkmenistan","place":null,"coordinates":[39.125,59.447],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"A 13 kg heroin load crosses Turkmenistan undetected and is caught in Uzbekistan","summary":"Uzbek customs found 13 kg of heroin in a truck carrying dried apricots from Afghanistan to Russia at the Olot border post on 30 May 2026. The truck had crossed Turkmenistan, and Turkmen customs had not found the drugs on either entry or exit. The case was reported by Hronika on 4 June and highlighted the gap in Turkmen border checks.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"turkmenistan-heroin-transit-2026","sources":[{"title":"Таможня Туркменистана не обнаружила наркотики в следовавшем транзитом грузовике, но их нашли узбекские коллеги (Хроника Туркменистана)","url":"https://www.hronikatm.com/2026/06/tamozhnya-turkmenistana-ne-obnaruzhila-narkotiki-v-sledovavshem-tranzitom-gruzovike-no-ih-nashli-uzbekskie-kollegi/","publisher":"hronikatm.com","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"maldives-drug-cafe-closure-2026","code":"CET-AEW74H","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-drug-cafe-closure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/AEW74H/","date":"2026-05-30","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Court closes a 'drug cafe' on Fuvahmulah for 85 days","summary":"The Fuvahmulah City Magistrate Court ordered a drug café at Gulisthanuge closed for 85 days, the first such closure outside Malé. Police said anyone entering the property during the order would commit an offence and promised the strictest action for trespass or damage. The Criminal Court had closed drug cafés in the capital before; this order came from a magistrate court on Fuvahmulah.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-drug-cafe-closure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Court orders closure of Fuvahmulah 'drug cafe'","url":"https://adhadhu.com/82338","publisher":"Adhadhu","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"lesotho-pilot-cannabis-2026","code":"CET-MCYP65","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/lesotho-pilot-cannabis-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MCYP65/","date":"2026-05-28","country":"ls","country_name":"Lesotho","place":null,"coordinates":[-29.579,28.229],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"South African pilots intercepted with 500 kg of cannabis","summary":"A Federal Airlines aircraft landed unlawfully at Moshoeshoe I airport with 500 kg of cannabis from Thailand, allegedly destined for South Africa. The pilots were fined M200,000 for unlawful landing and sent back; police denied that it was a cannabis seizure. The cannabis and destination claims were allegations, not court findings.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"lesotho-pilot-cannabis-2026","sources":[{"title":"SA pilots intercepted with cannabis (1 June 2026)","url":"https://sundayexpress.co.ls/?p=36072","publisher":"Sunday Express","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"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":"france-sete-2692kg-hashish","code":"CET-CR28HF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/france-sete-2692kg-hashish/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CR28HF/","date":"2026-05-24","country":"fr","country_name":"France","place":"Port of Sète, Hérault","coordinates":[43.402,3.698],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"2.7 tonnes of hashish seized at Sète in Morocco–France inquiry","summary":"Gendarmes stopped a vehicle coming off the ferry at Sète on 24 May and found 2,692 kg of cannabis resin, then arrested the network's suspected logistics chief near Paris. The Lille-led inquiry, run with Moroccan intelligence, says part of the load was bound for Lille.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":2692},"tags":["hashish","morocco-route","gendarmerie"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Joint Morocco–France Operation Dismantles Drug Trafficking Network, Seizes Nearly 2.7 Tons of Cannabis","url":"https://northafricapost.com/97564-joint-morocco-france-operation-dismantles-drug-trafficking-network-seizes-nearly-2-7-tons-of-cannabis.html","publisher":"The North Africa Post","date":"2026-05-29","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260605055003/https://northafricapost.com/97564-joint-morocco-france-operation-dismantles-drug-trafficking-network-seizes-nearly-2-7-tons-of-cannabis.html"},{"title":"French police bust Morocco-linked cannabis network, seize 2.7 tonnes at Sète port","url":"https://en.walaw.press/articles/french_police_bust_morocco-linked_cannabis_network_seize_2.7_tonnes_at_sete_port/GPXFQWRLWLWX","publisher":"Walaw Press","date":"2026-05-30","archived":null}]},{"id":"gabon-libreville-seized-drugs-destroyed-2026","code":"CET-25B61K","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/gabon-libreville-seized-drugs-destroyed-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/25B61K/","date":"2026-05-10","country":"ga","country_name":"Gabon","place":null,"coordinates":[-0.586,11.788],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Gabon prosecutors burn seized cannabis and other drugs in Libreville","summary":"Libreville prosecutors destroyed three truckloads of seized drugs, including cannabis, in the presence of Justice Minister Augustin Emane. The ministry valued the combined haul at nearly five billion CFA francs and said the operation aimed to prevent seized drugs from returning to sale.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"gabon-libreville-seized-drugs-destroyed-2026","sources":[{"title":"Report on seized drugs destroyed on 10 May 2026","url":"https://justice.gouv.ga/le-parquet-de-la-republique-procede-a-lincineration-des-scelles-de-stupefiants-dune-valeur-de-5-milliards/","publisher":"Gabon Justice Ministry","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Law 006/2020 of 30 June 2020, official gazette text","url":"https://journal-officiel.ga/4704-006-2020-/","publisher":"Gabon","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"timor-leste-cannabis-case-adjourned-2026","code":"CET-16VEC2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-cannabis-case-adjourned-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/16VEC2/","date":"2026-05-05","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Family ties and absent defendants stall Timor-Leste's cannabis case","summary":"The first trial hearing in the 13-defendant case was adjourned without a new date because three defendants did not appear and some judges were related to defendants. The defence asked the Superior Council of the Judiciary to decide whether the judge should stay on the panel. The case had already been in court for nearly four years.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-cannabis-case-adjourned-2026","sources":[{"title":"«Tribunál la konsege julga arguidu na’in-13 ba kazu droga», 5 May 2026","url":"https://tatoli.tl/2026/05/05/tribunal-la-konsege-julga-arguidu-nain-13-ba-kazu-droga/","publisher":"TATOLI","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kuwait-indoor-cannabis-farm-2026","code":"CET-GBA8CV","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kuwait-indoor-cannabis-farm-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GBA8CV/","date":"2026-05-05","country":"kw","country_name":"Kuwait","place":null,"coordinates":[29.333,47.588],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police find 70 seedlings in an indoor cannabis farm","summary":"Drug-control officers dismantled an indoor marijuana farm and arrested four Kuwaitis, seizing 70 seedlings, a kilogram of prepared cannabis, a firearm and ammunition. The Interior Ministry said cultivation for trafficking can bring death or life under the 2025 law. The raid showed that small indoor grows, not only imports, supply some users.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kuwait-indoor-cannabis-farm-2026","sources":[{"title":"Kuwait drug enforcement arrests four, dismantles indoor marijuana farm","url":"https://kuwaittimes.com/article/43235/kuwait/kuwait-drug-enforcement-arrests-four-dismantles-indoor-marijuana-farm/","publisher":"Kuwait Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"yemen-sanaa-drug-convictions-2026","code":"CET-4XE7TP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/yemen-sanaa-drug-convictions-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/4XE7TP/","date":"2026-05-04","country":"ye","country_name":"Yemen","place":null,"coordinates":[15.917,47.568],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Sana'a court jails 12 in hashish trafficking and use case","summary":"The Specialized Criminal Court in Sana'a sentenced four men to 25 years for possessing and distributing hashish with intent to traffic and for preparing a place for its use. Three others got five years for possessing hashish for use, five got one year for preparing drug-use premises, and one was acquitted.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"yemen-sanaa-drug-convictions-2026","sources":[{"title":"Specialized Criminal Court issues final rulings in a drug-use case","url":"https://26sep.net/index.php/local/127254-2026-05-04-14-29-09","publisher":"26 September","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"abkhazia-cannabis-prosecutions-2024-2025","code":"CET-2E7F99","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/abkhazia-cannabis-prosecutions-2024-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2E7F99/","date":"2026-04-30","country":"xa","country_name":"Abkhazia","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Abkhazia convicted 29 cannabis growers in two years","summary":"In April 2026 the prosecutor general's office reported that courts had handled 33 drug-plant cultivation cases in 2024–2025 and convicted 29 people. Twelve received real prison terms, nine suspended sentences and four were sent for compulsory treatment; fines came to 2.45 million roubles. Police seized 598 cannabis roots, mostly South Krasnodar, and 547 opium poppy roots.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"abkhazia-cannabis-prosecutions-2024-2025","sources":[{"title":"Почти 30 жителей Абхазии осудили за культивирование наркосодержащих растений за два года","url":"https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/20260430/1062699600.html","publisher":"Sputnik Абхазия","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kuwait-cannabis-death-sentences-upheld-2026","code":"CET-EYZE46","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kuwait-cannabis-death-sentences-upheld-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EYZE46/","date":"2026-04-30","country":"kw","country_name":"Kuwait","place":null,"coordinates":[29.333,47.588],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Kuwait's appeal court confirms death for 120 kg of hashish","summary":"The Court of Appeal upheld death sentences for three Iranians caught by the coast guard near Kobar Island with more than 120 kilograms of hashish and 10,000 psychotropic pills. They confessed and said each would be paid KD10,000 for delivering the shipment. The case confirmed that cannabis resin trafficking can still end in a death sentence.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kuwait-cannabis-death-sentences-upheld-2026","sources":[{"title":"تأييد إعدام 3 إيرانيين فشلوا في تهريب أكثر من 120 كيلو حشيش و10 آلاف حبة مؤثرات عقلية","url":"https://www.alanba.com.kw/1356375/","publisher":"alanba.com.kw","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"haiti-mole-saint-nicolas-seizure-2026","code":"CET-8ARW15","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/haiti-mole-saint-nicolas-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8ARW15/","date":"2026-04-30","country":"ht","country_name":"Haiti","place":null,"coordinates":[18.935,-72.687],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"The US Coast Guard hands Haiti a boat carrying 1.5 tonnes of marijuana","summary":"The United States Coast Guard stopped a vessel about eight nautical miles off Môle- Saint-Nicolas carrying about 3,200 pounds of marijuana, valued at 3.8 million dollars, and detained one person. The cargo and the suspect were handed to the Haitian authorities for prosecution.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"haiti-mole-saint-nicolas-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"United States Coast Guard seizes $3.8 million worth of marijuana near Haiti (5 May 2026)","url":"https://lenouvelliste.com/en/article/267001/united-states-coast-guard-seizes-38-million-worth-of-marijuana-near-haiti","publisher":"Le Nouvelliste","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"jordan-drug-cases-fall-2025","code":"CET-8YKG1R","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jordan-drug-cases-fall-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8YKG1R/","date":"2026-04-27","country":"jo","country_name":"Jordan","place":null,"coordinates":[31.239,36.757],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Jordan's drug crimes fall by 12.8 per cent in 2025","summary":"Jordan's Public Security Directorate recorded 22,031 drug crimes in 2025, down 12.8 per cent from 25,260 in 2024. Possession and use fell 10 per cent to 15,720 and trafficking 19 per cent to 6,311. A separate human-rights report had compared 2025 crimes with 2024 arrests, producing a misleading 34 per cent drop.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"jordan-drug-cases-fall-2025","sources":[{"title":"Drug crimes in Jordan decline by 12.8% during 2025","url":"https://www.khaberni.com/news/803979-decline-in-drug-crimes-in-jordan-by-128-during-2025","publisher":"Khaberni","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Jordan sees 34 pct drop in drug-related crimes in 2025 (16 September 2026)","url":"https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/09/16/jordan-sees-34-pct-drop-in-drug-related-crimes-in-2025","publisher":"The Star (Xinhua)","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"china-guangdong-maritime-cannabis-2026","code":"CET-8V8XT3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/china-guangdong-maritime-cannabis-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8V8XT3/","date":"2026-04-26","country":"cn","country_name":"China","place":null,"coordinates":[36.691,103.378],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Guangdong police seize 735 kg of cannabis at sea","summary":"On 26 April 2026 a joint police and coast guard operation intercepted a freighter in the South China Sea and seized 735 kg of cannabis, arresting five people. Police described the route as running from Southeast Asia through Chinese waters to overseas buyers. The case was one of five major drug operations published by Guangdong's public security department on 22 June 2026.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"china-guangdong-maritime-cannabis-2026","sources":[{"title":"缴获大麻735公斤、可卡因21.3公斤！广东公安曝光五起涉毒大案（2026年6月22日）","url":"https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260622A0AO3Y00","publisher":"广州日报","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"sri-lanka-record-kush-seizure-2026","code":"CET-HYBHX1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sri-lanka-record-kush-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HYBHX1/","date":"2026-04-26","country":"lk","country_name":"Sri Lanka","place":null,"coordinates":[7.611,80.702],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Sri Lanka seizes 110 kg of kush at Colombo airport","summary":"On 26 April 2026 police arrested 22 Sri Lankan monks returning from Thailand at Bandaranaike International Airport with 110 kg of kush hidden in their luggage, valued at about US$3.5 million. It was reported as the country's largest single cannabis seizure. The case was an enforcement event, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sri-lanka-record-kush-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Sri Lanka arrests 22 monks with $3.5 million worth of cannabis in record haul (27 April 2026)","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3351537/sri-lanka-arrests-22-monks-us35-million-worth-cannabis-record-haul","publisher":"SCMP (AFP)","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bangladesh-netra-cannabis-investigation-2026","code":"CET-YPRG7K","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bangladesh-netra-cannabis-investigation-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/YPRG7K/","date":"2026-04-22","country":"bd","country_name":"Bangladesh","place":null,"coordinates":[23.861,90.247],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Investigation counts 1.2 million drug cases and a revolving door","summary":"Netra News reported that law enforcement agencies filed about 1.2 million narcotics cases between 2009 and July 2025, naming more than 1.5 million accused. Cannabis accounted for more than 99 per cent of seizures by weight, while heroin and cocaine together were under 1 per cent.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bangladesh-netra-cannabis-investigation-2026","sources":[{"title":"Cops, camera, cannabis (22 April 2026)","url":"https://netra.news/2026/cannabis-war-bangladesh/","publisher":"Netra News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"botswana-gantsi-cannabis-farm-2026","code":"CET-8TC3BJ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/botswana-gantsi-cannabis-farm-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8TC3BJ/","date":"2026-04-17","country":"bw","country_name":"Botswana","place":null,"coordinates":[-22.166,23.809],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Police charge a Zimbabwean man over a 500 kg cannabis farm","summary":"Clifford Nkomo, 51, was arrested at a farm in Gantsi and charged with unlawful possession and unlawful cultivation after police reported about 500 kg of cannabis worth P250,000, plus about 1 kg in sachets. He was remanded to 27 April 2026.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"botswana-gantsi-cannabis-farm-2026","sources":[{"title":"Zimbabwean man arrested in Botswana over large-scale cannabis farm (17 April 2026)","url":"https://www.newzimbabwe.com/zimbabwean-man-arrested-in-botswana-over-large-scale-cannabis-farm/","publisher":"NewZimbabwe","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"singapore-hangs-omar-bin-yacob-bamadhaj","code":"CET-QC6W46","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/singapore-hangs-omar-bin-yacob-bamadhaj/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QC6W46/","date":"2026-04-16","country":"sg","country_name":"Singapore","place":"Singapore","coordinates":[1.352,103.82],"precision":"locality","type":"execution","also":[],"title":"Singapore hangs a courier for one kilogram of cannabis","summary":"Omar bin Yacob Bamadhaj, 46, was executed for importing 1,009 grams of cannabis. The court found he had only carried the drugs, but Singapore's law left the judge no sentence other than death.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":1.009,"deaths":1},"tags":["death-penalty","mandatory-sentence","courier"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Singapore Executes Man for Cannabis Importation Amid Rising Drug-Related Executions","url":"https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/singapore-executes-man-for-cannabis-importation-amid-rising-drug-related-executions","publisher":"Death Penalty Information Center","date":"2026-04-23","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261022013703/https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/singapore-executes-man-for-cannabis-importation-amid-rising-drug-related-executions"}]},{"id":"nepal-police-shootings-2026","code":"CET-VDBXCZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nepal-police-shootings-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VDBXCZ/","date":"2026-04-14","country":"np","country_name":"Nepal","place":null,"coordinates":[28.258,83.947],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Nepal Police shoot more drug suspects as trafficking rises","summary":"A Kathmandu Post investigation counted 17 police shootings in drug operations in three years: six in 2023/24, two in 2024/25 and seven in 2025/26 by April. Two men were shot in Kathmandu and Rupandehi on 7 April 2026, and 11 of those shot or arrested in the cases were Indian nationals.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"nepal-police-shootings-2026","sources":[{"title":"Nepal Police is shooting drug suspects more often. It isn't reducing drug crime. (14 April 2026)","url":"https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/04/14/nepal-police-is-shooting-drug-suspects-more-often-it-isn-t-reducing-drug-crime","publisher":"Kathmandu Post","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"singapore-changi-airport-cannabis-seizure-2026","code":"CET-MJNP02","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/singapore-changi-airport-cannabis-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MJNP02/","date":"2026-04-14","country":"sg","country_name":"Singapore","place":null,"coordinates":[1.359,103.817],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Singapore seizes 36 kg of cannabis at Changi Airport","summary":"A 25-year-old Portuguese man who arrived at Changi Airport Terminal 2 on 14 April 2026 was stopped for checks, and 68 packets holding about 36.3 kg of cannabis were found in his luggage.[@1] He had been due to leave Singapore the next day.[@1] The amount was more than 70 times the 500 g threshold for the death penalty; the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority said investigations continued, and…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"singapore-changi-airport-cannabis-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Smuggling of over 36kg of cannabis detected at Changi Airport (22 April 2026)","url":"https://www.ica.gov.sg/news-and-publications/newsroom/media-release/smuggling-of-over-36kg-of-cannabis-detected-at-changi-airport","publisher":"Immigration & Checkpoints Authority","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, Second Schedule (as at 1 June 2026)","url":"https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/MDA1973?ProvIds=Sc2-&ValidDate=20260601","publisher":"Singapore","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"sri-lanka-udawalawe-155000-plants","code":"CET-ZK0Z8S","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sri-lanka-udawalawe-155000-plants/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZK0Z8S/","date":"2026-04-11","country":"lk","country_name":"Sri Lanka","place":"Udawalawe Reserve","coordinates":[6.439,80.884],"precision":"district","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Army and police seize 155,000 cannabis plants in Udawalawe reserve","summary":"Acting on army intelligence, Hambegamuwa police and soldiers raided a three-acre cannabis field inside the Udawalawe reserve on 11 April and seized about 155,000 plants worth Rs 4.5 million. The reports name no arrests.","status":"verified","figures":{"hectares":1.2,"value":{"amount":4500000,"currency":"LKR"}},"tags":["udawalawe","nature-reserve"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Cannabis Plantation Worth Rs 4.5 Million Seized","url":"https://www.vivalanka.com/newspage/12258620ai-cannabis-plantation-worth-rs-4-5-million-seized","publisher":"VivaLanka","date":"2026-04-12","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260413060917/https://www.vivalanka.com/newspage/12258620ai-cannabis-plantation-worth-rs-4-5-million-seized"},{"title":"Illegal Cannabis Cultivation Seized in Udawalawe Reserve","url":"https://en.paperblog.com/illegal-cannabis-cultivation-seized-in-udawalawe-reserve-8069872/","publisher":"Paperblog","date":"2026-04-14","archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-iran-cannabis-seizure-2026","code":"CET-3FDS67","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-iran-cannabis-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/3FDS67/","date":"2026-04-11","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bahrain seizes more than 100 kg of cannabis from Iran","summary":"The Interior Ministry said on 11 April 2026 that anti-narcotics officers had seized more than 100 kg of marijuana and hashish worth about BHD1.5 million and arrested three men. The drugs came from Iran through dead drops and were moved in two boats; cash, smuggling equipment and the boats were seized, and the case went to the Public Prosecution.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-iran-cannabis-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"WATCH: Three arrested over sale and trafficking of drugs worth BD1.5m","url":"https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1381173/Three-men-arrested-after-BD15-million-drugs-raid","publisher":"Gulf Daily News","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Bahraini police thwart drug smuggling attempt worth 4 million dollars","url":"https://timeskuwait.com/bahraini-police-thwart-drug-smuggling-attempt-worth-4-million-dollars/","publisher":"Times Kuwait","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"mongolia-drug-seizures-2026-q1","code":"CET-E7Y1AD","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mongolia-drug-seizures-2026-q1/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/E7Y1AD/","date":"2026-04-08","country":"mn","country_name":"Mongolia","place":null,"coordinates":[46.956,103.124],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Mongolia's anti-drug police report 143 crimes in early 2026","summary":"In the first quarter of 2026 the police anti-drug department recorded 143 drug crimes involving 210 suspects, and 45 more crimes involving 54 suspects in joint operations with intelligence and customs. It said it had stopped an amount equal to 27,671 single doses, without giving a weight or a cannabis breakdown. The figures cover all controlled drugs.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"mongolia-drug-seizures-2026-q1","sources":[{"title":"27,671 хүний нэг удаагийн хэрэглээтэй тэнцэх мансууруулах бодис хураан авчээ (8 April 2026)","url":"https://news.mn/r/2859609/","publisher":"News.MN","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"afghanistan-helmand-hashish-seizure-2026","code":"CET-NW1333","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/afghanistan-helmand-hashish-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NW1333/","date":"2026-04-05","country":"af","country_name":"Afghanistan","place":null,"coordinates":[33.819,65.926],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police seize 300 kg of hashish in Helmand","summary":"Counter-narcotics police seized 300 kilograms of hashish in Helmand province and arrested four people, the Interior Ministry said. In the same round of operations police recovered 2,800 intoxicating tablets in Jalalabad and 1,000 tablet K pills in Herat. The ministry said the suspects would face legal action.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"afghanistan-helmand-hashish-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Afghan police seize 300 kg of hashish and arrest four traffickers (5 April 2026)","url":"https://www.nationpress.com/international/afghan-police-seize-drugs-and-arrest-traffickers","publisher":"NationPress","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"japan-record-cannabis-investigations-2026","code":"CET-EGWYA3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/japan-record-cannabis-investigations-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EGWYA3/","date":"2026-04-02","country":"jp","country_name":"Japan","place":null,"coordinates":[37.461,137.66],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Japan records its highest number of cannabis investigations","summary":"Police investigated a record 6,832 people for cannabis offences in 2025, 754 more than the year before, the National Police Agency said on 2 April 2026.[@1] About 700 were pursued under the new offence of use, and 1,373 were under 20, the highest since 1990.[@1] More than 40% of those under 30 said they had bought cannabis through apps such as X and Telegram, and police seized 315 kg of…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"japan-record-cannabis-investigations-2026","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis-related police investigations hit record high in Japan last year","url":"https://mugglehead.com/cannabis-related-police-investigations-skyrocketed-in-japan-last-year/","publisher":"Mugglehead","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"australia-afp-cannabis-suitcases-2026","code":"CET-2ZRQDJ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/australia-afp-cannabis-suitcases-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2ZRQDJ/","date":"2026-03-26","country":"au","country_name":"Australia","place":null,"coordinates":[-12.43,123.584],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"A man is jailed for taking 25 kg of cannabis on a domestic flight","summary":"A 56-year-old South Australian man was sentenced to three years in prison on 25 March 2026 for trying to take 25 kg of cannabis on a domestic flight from Adelaide to New South Wales. Airport staff became suspicious of his suitcase in August 2024, and he pleaded guilty to a Commonwealth trafficking charge in August 2025. The District Court set a non-parole period of one year.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"australia-afp-cannabis-suitcases-2026","sources":[{"title":"SA man jailed over cannabis-laden suitcases (26 March 2026)","url":"https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/sa-man-jailed-over-cannabis-laden-suitcases","publisher":"Australian Federal Police","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"morocco-essaouira-seizure-2026","code":"CET-FSDVTW","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/morocco-essaouira-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/FSDVTW/","date":"2026-03-24","country":"ma","country_name":"Morocco","place":null,"coordinates":[29.767,-8.728],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Morocco seizes nearly 12 tonnes of cannabis near Essaouira","summary":"Police stopped three commercial vehicles with forged plates in the countryside outside Essaouira and found 11,755 kilograms of cannabis. The drivers ran off, leaving the drugs and ten false plates; a parallel search at Sidi Kaouki turned up another vehicle. The operation was run by the DGSN with the DGST, local authorities and the royal gendarmerie.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"morocco-essaouira-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Morocco Seizes Nearly 12 Tonnes of Cannabis in Essaouira Drug Trafficking Attempt (24 March 2026)","url":"https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2026/03/284145/morocco-seizes-nearly-12-tonnes-of-cannabis-in-essaouira-drug-trafficking-attempt/","publisher":"Morocco World News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"new-zealand-possession-charges-2025","code":"CET-ZCSYAD","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/new-zealand-possession-charges-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZCSYAD/","date":"2026-03-24","country":"nz","country_name":"New Zealand","place":null,"coordinates":[-41.702,172.922],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"New Zealand's cannabis possession charges reach an eight-year high","summary":"Ministry of Justice figures reported in March 2026 showed 3,438 people charged with possessing cannabis in 2025, up from 2,881 in 2024 and 2,287 in 2023, the highest number since a 2019 law change told police to consider a health-based response first.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"new-zealand-possession-charges-2025","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis possession charges surge 50% in two years, hitting 8-year high (24 March 2026)","url":"https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/cannabis-possession-charges-surge-50-in-two-years-hitting-8-year-high/","publisher":"Newstalk ZB","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"hong-kong-drug-report-2025","code":"CET-1T4HE8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/hong-kong-drug-report-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/1T4HE8/","date":"2026-03-17","country":"hk","country_name":"Hong Kong","place":null,"coordinates":[22.398,114.114],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Cannabis reports rise even as Hong Kong's overall drug abuse falls","summary":"Hong Kong recorded 5,077 reported drug abusers in 2025, down 2 per cent from 2024, but the number who reported cannabis rose from 678 to 705. Cannabis was the second most common drug among people under 21 after etomidate, with 263 young users. Police arrested 4,108 people for drug offences, up 27 per cent, and cannabis was one of the three main drugs involved; the conviction rate was 86 per cent.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"hong-kong-drug-report-2025","sources":[{"title":"Drug abuse and drug situation in Hong Kong in 2025, 17 March 2026","url":"https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202603/17/P2026031700262.htm","publisher":"Hong Kong Government","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Central Registry of Drug Abuse, table T3","url":"https://www.nd.gov.hk/psi-dataset/crda-quarterly-statistics/en/t3.csv","publisher":"Narcotics Division","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"libya-bayda-cannabis-cultivation-2026","code":"CET-57Z36Z","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/libya-bayda-cannabis-cultivation-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/57Z36Z/","date":"2026-03-15","country":"ly","country_name":"Libya","place":null,"coordinates":[27.017,18.066],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Bayda court gives life terms to cannabis growers","summary":"The Bayda Criminal Court convicted five men of cultivating cannabis for trafficking on a farm in Wadi al-Akki. Three received life imprisonment and a 50,000-dinar fine each; two received ten years and a 3,000-dinar fine each. All five lost their civil rights, and the ruling was reported on 15 March.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"libya-bayda-cannabis-cultivation-2026","sources":[{"title":"Five people sentenced to life and 10 years in prison for cannabis cultivation, 15 March 2026","url":"https://libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/five-people-sentenced-life-and-10-years-prison-cannabis-cultivation","publisher":"The Libya Observer","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"north-macedonia-cannabis-licences-revoked-march-2026","code":"CET-TR9XQD","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/north-macedonia-cannabis-licences-revoked-march-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TR9XQD/","date":"2026-03-10","country":"mk","country_name":"North Macedonia","place":null,"coordinates":[41.595,21.681],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"North Macedonia withdraws six more cannabis cultivation licences","summary":"The government announced a further six cultivation-licence withdrawals following the Health Ministry commission’s inspections. Its spokesperson attributed the decisions to failures to meet legal conditions. These were individual licensing decisions within the medical cultivation system.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"north-macedonia-cannabis-licences-revoked-march-2026","sources":[{"title":"Six more licences withdrawn, 10 March 2026","url":"https://vlada.mk/mk-MK/odnosi-so-javnost/soopstenija/vladata-odzede-uste-6-licenci-za-odgleduvanje-na-kanabis","publisher":"North Macedonia Government","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"israel-cannabis-fines-zero-2026","code":"CET-SG0KB8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/israel-cannabis-fines-zero-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SG0KB8/","date":"2026-03-10","country":"il","country_name":"Israel","place":null,"coordinates":[31.452,35],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Police data show no cannabis fines since 2022","summary":"A Freedom of Information request found that Israel Police issued no administrative fines for personal cannabis possession or use between 2022 and 2025, after thousands in 2020–21. Police said the enforcement framework for the 2022 regulations was still being designed, leaving the fine scheme on the books but unused.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"israel-cannabis-fines-zero-2026","sources":[{"title":"Police data: zero cannabis fines in the last three years (10 March 2026)","url":"https://www.meida.org.il/17814","publisher":"Movement for Freedom of Information","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"tunisia-drug-trafficking-cases-2025","code":"CET-CWZTQH","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tunisia-drug-trafficking-cases-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CWZTQH/","date":"2026-03-07","country":"tn","country_name":"Tunisia","place":null,"coordinates":[34.089,9.556],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Tunisia counted 14,300 drug-trafficking cases in 2025","summary":"The interior ministry reported on 7 March 2026 that 2025 brought 181,998 judicial cases in total, 14,300 of them drug-trafficking cases, and 69,164 arrests, 20,289 for drug trafficking. It also reported seizures of cannabis, 479,830 tablets, 146.77 kg of cocaine and 751.25 g of heroin. The figures cover police and national guard, not customs.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"tunisia-drug-trafficking-cases-2025","sources":[{"title":"Tunisie 2025 : 181.998 affaires judiciaires et 20.289 arrestations pour trafic de drogue (7 March 2026)","url":"https://businessnews.com.tn/2026/03/07/tunisie-2025-181-998-affaires-judiciaires-et-20-289-arrestations-pour-trafic-de-drogue/1391194/","publisher":"Business News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"madagascar-ambohimanarina-raids-2026","code":"CET-F3NFXG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/madagascar-ambohimanarina-raids-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F3NFXG/","date":"2026-03-05","country":"mg","country_name":"Madagascar","place":null,"coordinates":[-19.317,46.743],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Police seize 35 kg and arrest thirteen at Ambohimanarina","summary":"A raid on a house used as a depot and consumption lounge at Ambohimanarina, Antananarivo, found 35.054 kg of cannabis and led to 13 arrests: four wholesalers and nine dealers or buyers. All were jailed at Antanimora.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"madagascar-ambohimanarina-raids-2026","sources":[{"title":"Trafic: grossistes et dealers de cannabis arrêtés (6 March 2026)","url":"https://www.lexpress.mg/2026/03/trafic-grossistes-et-dealers-de.html","publisher":"L'Express de Madagascar","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kuwait-lawyer-life-london-hashish-2026","code":"CET-5T2J7E","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kuwait-lawyer-life-london-hashish-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5T2J7E/","date":"2026-03-04","country":"kw","country_name":"Kuwait","place":null,"coordinates":[29.333,47.588],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"A lawyer gets life for hashish flown from London","summary":"The Criminal Court sentenced a well-known lawyer and a Kuwaiti fugitive in London to life for trafficking hashish and psychotropic substances sent by air cargo. A young woman and another Kuwaiti received seven years each. The case showed that air cargo from Europe, not only Gulf sea routes, supplies the market.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kuwait-lawyer-life-london-hashish-2026","sources":[{"title":"Famous lawyer gets life for London-to-Kuwait drug smuggling","url":"https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/famous-lawyer-gets-life-for-london-to-kuwait-drug-smuggling/","publisher":"Arab Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"montenegro-trnovo-further-complaints-2026","code":"CET-Z8R3AC","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/montenegro-trnovo-further-complaints-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Z8R3AC/","date":"2026-03-03","country":"me","country_name":"Montenegro","place":null,"coordinates":[42.788,19.239],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Montenegro police file complaints against two more Trnovo suspects","summary":"Police filed supplementary criminal complaints against two men from Zeta, aged 42 and 49, on suspicion of drug production and supply linked to the Trnovo cannabis plantation.[@1] Investigators cited forensic examinations, analysis of traces and other collected evidence; three earlier suspects had already been processed.[@1] The case began with the discovery of about 13,100 plants near Bar in…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"montenegro-trnovo-further-complaints-2026","sources":[{"title":"complaints against two further Trnovo suspects","url":"https://www.gov.me/clanak/trnovo-krivicne-prijave-protiv-dva-lica-iz-zete-osumnjicena-za-nedozvoljenu-proizvodnju-drzanje-i-stavljanje-u-promet-opojnih-droga","publisher":"Montenegro Police Directorate","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"third suspect arrested in the Trnovo investigation","url":"https://www.gov.me/clanak/nastavak-akcije-trnovo-uhapsen-baranin-osumnjicen-za-nedozvoljenu-proizvodnju-drzanje-i-stavljanje-u-promet-opojnih-droga","publisher":"Montenegro Police Directorate","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"moldova-drug-market-hearing-2026","code":"CET-6BC5WK","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/moldova-drug-market-hearing-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6BC5WK/","date":"2026-02-26","country":"md","country_name":"Moldova","place":null,"coordinates":[47.187,28.466],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Moldova reports cannabis trading alongside a growing synthetic-drug market","summary":"The Interior Ministry told parliament that marijuana and hashish remained present in seizures while synthetic drugs were growing. It reported 737 people sent to trial for drug offences in 2025; this figure covers all drugs.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"moldova-drug-market-hearing-2026","sources":[{"title":"Parliamentary drug-market assessment, 26 February 2026","url":"https://mai.gov.md/ro/news/ministerul-afacerilor-interne-prezentat-parlament-evaluarea-fenomenului-drogurilor-si-masurile","publisher":"Moldova Interior Ministry","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bosnia-vlasenica-public-use-ticket-2026","code":"CET-2QQ4VA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bosnia-vlasenica-public-use-ticket-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2QQ4VA/","date":"2026-02-26","country":"ba","country_name":"Bosnia and Herzegovina","place":null,"coordinates":[44.171,17.775],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Vlasenica police issue a public marijuana-use ticket","summary":"Republika Srpska police reported seeing a person consume marijuana in a public place in Vlasenica and issuing a misdemeanour notice under Article 17 of the public-order law. The bulletin records one enforcement action, not a national arrest total or a criminal conviction.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bosnia-vlasenica-public-use-ticket-2026","sources":[{"title":"Bulletin for 26 February 2026","url":"https://mup.vladars.rs/novi-panel/uploads/informisanje_javnosti/najave/20260227_114510_csxil.pdf","publisher":"Republika Srpska Interior Ministry","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bhutan-parcel-cannabis-seizure-2026","code":"CET-TZKT4P","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bhutan-parcel-cannabis-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TZKT4P/","date":"2026-02-25","country":"bt","country_name":"Bhutan","place":null,"coordinates":[27.412,90.402],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bhutan seizes 28.5 kg of cannabis in postal parcels","summary":"Police arrested three people after finding 28.51 kg of cannabis in two parcels: 12.91 kg in bean cans at Bhutan Post and 15.6 kg in an air compressor. Further Bangkok consignments brought the total to more than 33 kg by early March, with four Bhutanese and two Indian nationals arrested. The case was an enforcement event, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bhutan-parcel-cannabis-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"RBP arrests three, seizes over 28 kg cannabis (28 February 2026)","url":"https://thebhutanese.bt/rbp-arrests-three-seizes-over-28-kg-cannabis/","publisher":"The Bhutanese","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Bangkok cannabis consignments (6 March 2026)","url":"https://www.bbs.bt/239342/","publisher":"BBS","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"fiji-sasamaki-total-2026","code":"CET-922ETH","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/fiji-sasamaki-total-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/922ETH/","date":"2026-02-25","country":"fj","country_name":"Fiji","place":null,"coordinates":[-17.428,178.512],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Fiji destroys 18.2 tonnes of marijuana in Operation Sasamaki","summary":"Police reported that nine phases of Operation Sasamaki, launched on 1 March 2025, destroyed 18.2 tonnes of marijuana with an estimated street value of FJ$241 million and arrested 1,239 people, mostly for possession and cultivation. The same operation seized 11.1 kg of methamphetamine and cocaine worth nearly FJ$7 million.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"fiji-sasamaki-total-2026","sources":[{"title":"$241m marijuana seized in nine-month police crackdown (26 February 2026)","url":"https://fijisun.com.fj/news/nation/241m-marijuana-seized-in-nine-month-police-crackdown","publisher":"Fiji Sun","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"cambodia-cannabis-airport-sentence-2026","code":"CET-SZ4MP8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cambodia-cannabis-airport-sentence-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SZ4MP8/","date":"2026-02-24","country":"kh","country_name":"Cambodia","place":null,"coordinates":[12.719,104.905],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Cambodia jails two Britons for a 19.9 kg cannabis export attempt","summary":"The Phnom Penh municipal court sentenced two British nationals to 14 and 10 years and a total 24 million riel fine for using, possessing, trafficking and transporting cannabis. They had been arrested at Phnom Penh airport on 17 June 2025 with 19.9 kg of dried cannabis before a UK flight. The 14-year term exceeds the 5–10 year band for 8–20 kg, suggesting aggravation or a charging issue.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"cambodia-cannabis-airport-sentence-2026","sources":[{"title":"14 years in prison for 20 kg of cannabis (27 February 2026)","url":"https://lepetitjournal.com/cambodge/drogue-au-cambodge-14-ans-de-prison-pour-20-kg-de-cannabis-436058","publisher":"Lepetitjournal Cambodge","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"north-macedonia-cannabis-licences-revoked-february-2026","code":"CET-20R0AK","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/north-macedonia-cannabis-licences-revoked-february-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/20R0AK/","date":"2026-02-24","country":"mk","country_name":"North Macedonia","place":null,"coordinates":[41.595,21.681],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"North Macedonia withdraws six medical cannabis cultivation approvals","summary":"The government withdrew cultivation approvals from six companies after thirteen inspections, citing storage, reporting, documentation and stock discrepancies. The Health Ministry announced checks across 43 licensed entities. It also promised stronger legislation after the inspections, rather than announcing that a new law was already in force.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"north-macedonia-cannabis-licences-revoked-february-2026","sources":[{"title":"Health Minister announces six withdrawals, 24 February 2026","url":"https://vlada.mk/mk-MK/odnosi-so-javnost/soopstenija/aliu-sektorot-za-odgleduvanje-kanabis-za-medicinski-celi-mora-da-funkcionira-strogo-zakonski-transparentno-bez-sivi-zoni-bez-privilegirani-i-bez-zastiteni-odzemeni-se-odobrenija-za-odgleduvanje-kanabis-za-medicinski-celi-kaj-6-pravni-subjekti","publisher":"North Macedonia Government","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"guinea-bissau-senegal-cannabis-convoy-2026","code":"CET-CDZBXY","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/guinea-bissau-senegal-cannabis-convoy-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CDZBXY/","date":"2026-02-21","country":"gw","country_name":"Guinea-Bissau","place":null,"coordinates":[12.048,-14.95],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Senegal police intercept a cannabis convoy bound for Guinea-Bissau","summary":"Police arrested a courier near Sédhiou on 21 February 2026 with part of a 56 kg cannabis convoy bound for Guinea-Bissau; his accomplice fled, leaving a loaded bicycle.[@1] Senegal's Ziguinchor customs seized more than 10 tonnes of cannabis between January and June 2026, already above the 5.168 tonnes taken by all southern units in the whole of 2025, with cannabis moving opposite to the cashew…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking","trade"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"guinea-bissau-senegal-cannabis-convoy-2026","sources":[{"title":"Cashew Smuggling: Why Guinea-Bissau's Ban Faces a Price Gap (28 October 2026)","url":"https://africanquarters.co/cashew-smuggling-guinea-bissau-senegal/","publisher":"AfricanQuarters","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"north-macedonia-cannabis-complaint-2026","code":"CET-F893QR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/north-macedonia-cannabis-complaint-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F893QR/","date":"2026-02-20","country":"mk","country_name":"North Macedonia","place":null,"coordinates":[41.595,21.681],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police report ten suspects in the cannabis-production investigation","summary":"The Interior Ministry reported a criminal complaint against ten people suspected of unlawful drug production and distribution under Article 215. Two suspects were in 48-hour custody, and investigators were examining links to cannabis seized in Serbia. The ministry said some inspected companies operated lawfully; the complaint was not a conviction.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"north-macedonia-cannabis-complaint-2026","sources":[{"title":"Ten-person criminal complaint, 20 February 2026","url":"https://mvr.gov.mk/mk-MK/odnosi-so-javnost/novosti/toskovski-istragata-za-zaplenetite-40-toni-kanabis-rezultira-so-krivicna-prijava-za-10-lica-i-ponatamu-kje-se-prosiruva","publisher":"North Macedonia Interior Ministry","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"afghanistan-kandahar-cannabis-destruction-2026","code":"CET-BZ4KM5","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/afghanistan-kandahar-cannabis-destruction-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BZ4KM5/","date":"2026-02-18","country":"af","country_name":"Afghanistan","place":null,"coordinates":[33.819,65.926],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Kandahar destroys almost a tonne of cannabis","summary":"Kandahar's anti-narcotics unit destroyed 993 kilograms of cannabis as part of more than 27 tonnes of drugs burned over five months in Arghandab district. The haul also included 2,766 kg of opium, 9.7 kg of methamphetamine and 1 kg of heroin. In Kabul, police arrested 123 people over a week and seized 15 kg of hashish, while 50,000 stimulant tablets were seized in Nangarhar.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"afghanistan-kandahar-cannabis-destruction-2026","sources":[{"title":"Over 27 tons of narcotics destroyed in southern Afghanistan (18 February 2026)","url":"https://english.news.cn/20260218/a0ffef593d824d3d89f17f2df7f6e2db/c.html","publisher":"Xinhua","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Afghan police seize 50,000 stimulant tablets, arrest 123 drug smugglers (18 February 2026)","url":"https://english.news.cn/20260218/b52e50bb2dc844babf98d1ba0334a1db/c.html","publisher":"Xinhua","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"tajikistan-border-seizures-2025","code":"CET-QZAZP6","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tajikistan-border-seizures-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QZAZP6/","date":"2026-02-18","country":"tj","country_name":"Tajikistan","place":null,"coordinates":[38.537,71.027],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Tajikistan reports 2.7 tonnes of drugs seized on the Afghan border","summary":"The head of Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency said about 2,742 kg of narcotics were seized along the border with Afghanistan in 2025, and the authorities said trafficking from Afghanistan had risen by nearly half over 2024.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"tajikistan-border-seizures-2025","sources":[{"title":"report on drug seizures on the Tajik-Afghan border (19 February 2026)","url":"https://www.afintl.com/en/202602197748","publisher":"Afghanistan International","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"lesotho-banel-import-seizure-2026","code":"CET-32ERFH","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/lesotho-banel-import-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/32ERFH/","date":"2026-02-15","country":"ls","country_name":"Lesotho","place":null,"coordinates":[-29.579,28.229],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police seize a licensed cannabis import at Moshoeshoe I airport","summary":"Banel (Pty) Ltd imported 500 kg of dried cannabis flower from Thailand under a permit dated 27 February 2026; police seized it without producing a warrant. The High Court later set aside the seizure and ordered the cannabis returned. The case exposed the gap between the licensed import route and police practice.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"lesotho-banel-import-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Banel sues police over seized cannabis (17 July 2026)","url":"https://lestimes.com/?p=91014","publisher":"Lesotho Times","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Police return seized cannabis (4 September 2026)","url":"https://lestimes.com/?p=91404","publisher":"Lesotho Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"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":"serbia-konjuh-investigation-link-2026","code":"CET-GQZ162","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/serbia-konjuh-investigation-link-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GQZ162/","date":"2026-02-06","country":"rs","country_name":"Serbia","place":null,"coordinates":[44.211,20.806],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Belgrade prosecutors link the five-tonne seizure to an earlier cannabis case","summary":"Belgrade’s Higher Public Prosecutor said the Konjuh seizure followed investigative work in its earlier two-tonne Zemun case. The office publicly questioned when the organised-crime prosecutor became involved and why inspectors had notified it. The statement exposed a dispute over the investigation’s handling while the cases continued.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"serbia-konjuh-investigation-link-2026","sources":[{"title":"Statement of 6 February 2026","url":"https://beograd.vjt.rs/saopstenja/saopstenje-1051/","publisher":"Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"mongolia-2025-drug-crime-figures","code":"CET-V7JDY0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mongolia-2025-drug-crime-figures/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/V7JDY0/","date":"2026-02-05","country":"mn","country_name":"Mongolia","place":null,"coordinates":[46.956,103.124],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Mongolia's drug crimes rise 21.6 per cent in 2025","summary":"The State General Prosecutor's Office recorded 551 drug-related crimes in 2025, 21.6 per cent more than in 2024, and police arrested 417 people. More than 40.7 per cent of those arrested were aged 25 to 35. The prosecutor's office said ignorance of the drug laws and attempts to make easy money helped explain the increase; the figures cover all drugs.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"mongolia-2025-drug-crime-figures","sources":[{"title":"Drug-related crimes in Mongolia up 21.6 pct in 2025 (5 February 2026)","url":"https://english.news.cn/20260205/8e2aa8a6f76c406599092cf31c9e034d/c.html","publisher":"Xinhua","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"afghanistan-uruzgan-cannabis-seizure-2026","code":"CET-1D0CDC","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/afghanistan-uruzgan-cannabis-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/1D0CDC/","date":"2026-02-05","country":"af","country_name":"Afghanistan","place":null,"coordinates":[33.819,65.926],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"The Taliban burn 2.7 tonnes of cannabis in Uruzgan","summary":"The Interior Ministry said counter-narcotics officers found a 2,700-kilogram cannabis shipment in Chinaratu district of Uruzgan province and destroyed it by burning. In the same announcement it reported 37 kilograms of opium seized in Farah and four arrests there. The Uruzgan haul was the largest cannabis seizure reported in the period reviewed.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"afghanistan-uruzgan-cannabis-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Taliban Interior Ministry confiscate 37 kg of opium and 2,700 kg of cannabis (5 February 2026)","url":"https://www.satp.org/terrorism-update/taliban-interior-ministry-confiscate-37-kg-of-opium-and-2700-kg-of-cannabis-says-report","publisher":"SATP","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"jordan-marijuana-farm-raids-2026","code":"CET-TQE179","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jordan-marijuana-farm-raids-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TQE179/","date":"2026-02-02","country":"jo","country_name":"Jordan","place":null,"coordinates":[31.239,36.757],"precision":"country","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"Jordan raids marijuana farms and arrests 35 in a nationwide sweep","summary":"Police arrested 35 people in 13 drugs-and-weapons cases across Jordan in early February 2026. Raids on three marijuana-growing sites in Southern Shouneh led to two arrests, and in Amman officers detained four dealers with 5 kg of marijuana; they also seized hashish blocks, crystal meth and firearms in Ma'an, Zarqa, Ajloun and Ramtha.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"jordan-marijuana-farm-raids-2026","sources":[{"title":"Jordan Arrests 35 in Nationwide Anti-Drug Raids, Seizes Narcotics and Weapons","url":"https://themedialine.org/headlines/jordan-arrests-35-in-nationwide-anti-drug-raids-seizes-narcotics-and-weapons/","publisher":"The Media Line","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"thailand-cannabis-shop-closures-2026","code":"CET-E1AT18","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/thailand-cannabis-shop-closures-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/E1AT18/","date":"2026-02-01","country":"th","country_name":"Thailand","place":null,"coordinates":[15.083,101.001],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Thailand counts 7,297 cannabis shops closed","summary":"Public Health Ministry data to 28 December 2025 showed 18,433 cannabis shops had been operating, but 8,636 licences expired during 2025 and only 1,339 were renewed. Another 7,297 shops closed, leaving 11,136 in business. The closures followed the June 2025 prescription rule and the requirement for trained staff and medical-style premises.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"thailand-cannabis-shop-closures-2026","sources":[{"title":"Over 7,000 cannabis shops in Thailand close due to stricter regulations and new law (1 February 2026)","url":"https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/over-7000-cannabis-shops-in-thailand-close-due-to-stricter-regulations-and-new-law","publisher":"The Straits Times","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Medical cannabis Q&A (2026)","url":"https://med-cannabis.dtam.moph.go.th/q-and-a-faq","publisher":"Thai Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"serbia-konjuh-five-tonne-seizure-2026","code":"CET-0TA14Y","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/serbia-konjuh-five-tonne-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0TA14Y/","date":"2026-01-29","country":"rs","country_name":"Serbia","place":null,"coordinates":[44.211,20.806],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Serbia reports a record five-tonne marijuana seizure near Kruševac","summary":"The Interior Ministry announced about five tonnes of marijuana seized near Kruševac, calling it a record national drug seizure. It reported two arrests and a search for another suspect, alongside seized firearms. Authorities suspected unlawful production and distribution.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"serbia-konjuh-five-tonne-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Record seizure near Kruševac, 29 January 2026","url":"https://www.srbija.gov.rs/vest/en/268430/record-seizure-","publisher":"Serbia Government / Interior Ministry","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"brunei-499g-import-2026","code":"CET-D1MKEN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/brunei-499g-import-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/D1MKEN/","date":"2026-01-28","country":"bn","country_name":"Brunei","place":null,"coordinates":[4.52,114.722],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Brunei keeps a 499-gram cannabis importer behind bars","summary":"The High Court refused bail to a man charged with importing 499.89 g of cannabis at Sungai Tujoh on 1 January 2024. Because the amount was just under the 500 g death threshold, the charge was amended to the 330–500 g band, carrying twenty to thirty years and fifteen strokes. He had been in remand for nearly two years.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"brunei-499g-import-2026","sources":[{"title":"Bail ruling in HCCT 13/2025 (28 January 2026)","url":"https://www.judiciary.gov.bn/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ruling_HCCT_13_2025.pdf","publisher":"Brunei Judiciary","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"yemen-drug-control-figures-2025","code":"CET-973A0T","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/yemen-drug-control-figures-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/973A0T/","date":"2026-01-28","country":"ye","country_name":"Yemen","place":null,"coordinates":[15.917,47.568],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Yemen's government counts nearly three tonnes of hashish seized","summary":"The drug control administration of the interior ministry of Yemen's internationally recognised government reported 2,986 kg of hashish seized in 2025 in the governorates it controls, beside 1,530 kg of crystal methamphetamine, 169 kg of heroin and 482,596 Captagon pills. It counted 704 drug cases, 488 of them for use, and 1,260 suspects, of whom 827 were users.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"yemen-drug-control-figures-2025","sources":[{"title":"report on the drug control administration's figures for 2025 (28 January 2026)","url":"https://www.yemenmonitor.com/?p=162829","publisher":"Yemen Monitor","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-home-cultivation-appeal-2026","code":"CET-A0KYPB","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-home-cultivation-appeal-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/A0KYPB/","date":"2026-01-24","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Bahrain appeal court cuts a cannabis-seed sentence to ten years","summary":"An appeal court reduced a man’s sentence from fifteen years to ten and retained a 5,000-dinar fine and confiscation in a cannabis-seed and multiple-drug case, The Daily Tribune reported.[@1] Prosecutors said he held cannabis seeds for trafficking and hashish and pregabalin for personal use; investigators described a home-growing operation.[@1] Laboratory tests identified viable cannabis seeds…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","home-growing","seeds"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-home-cultivation-appeal-2026","sources":[{"title":"Appeal panel reduces sentence in Bahrain drug cultivation case","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/125641.html","publisher":"The Daily Tribune","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"narcotics law","url":"https://www.lloc.gov.bh/Legislation/HTM/K1507","publisher":"Bahrain Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"original narcotics law and schedules","url":"https://www.lloc.gov.bh/PDF/K1507.pdf","publisher":"Bahrain Official Gazette","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"2016 addition of synthetic cannabinoids to controlled drugs","url":"https://www.lloc.gov.bh/Legislation/HTM/RCAB3916","publisher":"Bahrain","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Ex-flight attendant jailed for growing marijuana at home","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/50376.html","publisher":"The Daily Tribune","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"togo-drug-seizures-2025","code":"CET-JH6163","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/togo-drug-seizures-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/JH6163/","date":"2026-01-15","country":"tg","country_name":"Togo","place":null,"coordinates":[8.521,0.964],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Togo burns over five tonnes of cannabis seized in 2024","summary":"Togo reported burning more than 5,291 kg of cannabis seized across the country in 2024, within a total of 5,729.05 kg of drugs destroyed at Agoè in Lomé. The anti-drug office and national anti-drug committee supervised the operation. Security minister Calixte Batossie Madjoulba presented the destruction as part of the government’s effort to protect public health and young people.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"togo-drug-seizures-2025","sources":[{"title":"Le Togo détruit 6 tonnes de drogues saisies en 2024 (15 January 2026)","url":"https://www.republicoftogo.com/toutes-les-rubriques/societe/le-togo-detruit-6-tonnes-de-drogues-saisies-en-2024","publisher":"République Togolaise","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"algeria-drug-testing-decrees-2026","code":"CET-D64PXB","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/algeria-drug-testing-decrees-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/D64PXB/","date":"2026-01-14","country":"dz","country_name":"Algeria","place":null,"coordinates":[28.056,2.631],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Algeria sets drug tests for job applicants and pupils","summary":"Two decrees of 14 January 2026 set the rules for the drug tests introduced by the 2025 drug law. Job applicants in the public and private sectors must file a negative test taken within the previous three months; a positive result blocks the application until the person completes treatment, though the decree says it is not a permanent exclusion.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"algeria-drug-testing-decrees-2026","sources":[{"title":"Executive Decrees 26-76 and 26-77 of 14 January 2026","url":"https://www.joradp.dz/FTP/jo-francais/2026/F2026008.pdf","publisher":"Algerian Official Gazette 8, 27 January 2026","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"mpumalanga-schoemansdal-dagga-plantation","code":"CET-TN838H","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mpumalanga-schoemansdal-dagga-plantation/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TN838H/","date":"2026-01-09","country":"za","country_name":"South Africa","place":"Buffelspruit Farm near Schoemansdal, outside Malelane, Mpumalanga","coordinates":[-25.483,31.517],"precision":"district","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Police clear R2.9 million dagga plantation on Mpumalanga river bank","summary":"Acting on a tip-off, a large team led by Mpumalanga's acting police commissioner removed a dense field of mature dagga plants on Buffelspruit Farm near Malelane, valued at about R2.9 million. No arrests were made; police opened an investigation to find the cultivators.","status":"verified","figures":{"value":{"amount":2900000,"currency":"ZAR"}},"tags":["dagga","mpumalanga"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Mpumalanga Police Unearth Extensive Cannabis Plantation Along Mahlambanyatsi River Bank","url":"https://dailyargus.co.za/2026/01/10/mpumalanga-police-unearth-extensive-cannabis-plantation-along-mahlambanyatsi-river-bank/","publisher":"Daily Argus","date":"2026-01-10","archived":null},{"title":"Mpumalanga Police Uncover Extensive Cannabis Plantation Along Mahlambanyatsi River Bank","url":"https://stocks24.co.za/2026/01/10/mpumalanga-police-uncover-extensive-cannabis-plantation-along-mahlambanyatsi-river-bank/","publisher":"Stocks24","date":"2026-01-10","archived":null}]},{"id":"el-salvador-drug-seizures-2025","code":"CET-NM3AP3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/el-salvador-drug-seizures-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NM3AP3/","date":"2026-01-06","country":"sv","country_name":"El Salvador","place":null,"coordinates":[13.74,-88.871],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"El Salvador reports 395 kg of marijuana among 25 tonnes of drugs","summary":"Defence minister René Merino Monroy presented the security cabinet's figures for 2025: 25,011.05 kg of drugs seized, against 17,224.8 kg in 2024. Cocaine made up 24,612.59 kg of the total; marijuana accounted for 394.52 kg, valued at about 1.39 million dollars.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"el-salvador-drug-seizures-2025","sources":[{"title":"report on the security cabinet's drug seizure figures for 2025 (6 January 2026)","url":"https://www.eldiariodehoy.com/?p=55818","publisher":"El Diario de Hoy","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"maldives-hashish-oil-seizure-2025","code":"CET-0E8AJK","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-hashish-oil-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0E8AJK/","date":"2025-12-25","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Customs finds 40 kg of hashish oil in chocolate syrup bottles","summary":"Customs officers inspecting sea freight on 25 December 2025 found more than 40 kg of hashish oil hidden in bottles labelled as chocolate syrup. Police estimated the street value at over MVR 30 million and arrested two men, aged 47 and 57, on 26 and 27 December; both were remanded for five days. Hashish oil is a cannabis concentrate and is treated as a Schedule 1 drug.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-hashish-oil-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Two arrested after over 40 kg of hashish oil found in imported goods","url":"https://en.mmtv.mv/7506","publisher":"MMTV","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kiribati-two-plant-suspended-sentence-2025","code":"CET-T58V33","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kiribati-two-plant-suspended-sentence-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/T58V33/","date":"2025-12-23","country":"ki","country_name":"Kiribati","place":null,"coordinates":[0.893,-167.922],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Kiribati suspends a prison sentence for two cannabis plants","summary":"Tom Utimawa pleaded guilty to cultivating Indian hemp after police found two plants in his backyard and dried leaves in his sleeping hut. The High Court sentenced him on 23 December 2025 to 18 months in prison suspended for two years and a A$600 fine. The primary judgment was blocked; the details come from a case summary.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kiribati-two-plant-suspended-sentence-2025","sources":[{"title":"Kiribati: man gets 18 months, suspended, and a $600 fine for two cannabis plants (15 October 2026)","url":"https://www.forgottenprisoner.org/news/kiribati-man-gets-suspended-18-months-for-two-cannabis-plants","publisher":"Forgotten Prisoner","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"High Court of Kiribati, 2025/79 (Criminal Case 00313 of 2025)","url":"https://rms.paclii.org/ki/cases/KIHC/2025/79.html","publisher":"PacLII","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"philippines-kian-conviction-affirmed-2025","code":"CET-296KS3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/philippines-kian-conviction-affirmed-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/296KS3/","date":"2025-12-22","country":"ph","country_name":"Philippines","place":null,"coordinates":[11.729,122.919],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"The Supreme Court upholds the Kian delos Santos murder conviction","summary":"The Supreme Court affirmed the murder conviction of three policemen for killing 17-year-old Kian delos Santos during a 2017 anti-drug operation in Caloocan. It upheld reclusion perpetua without parole and 275,000 pesos in damages, rejecting the officers' claim that the teenager had fought back. The decision was dated 11 August 2025 and made public on 22 December.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"philippines-kian-conviction-affirmed-2025","sources":[{"title":"SC affirms murder conviction of police officers in Kian delos Santos case (22 December 2025)","url":"https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251222-PR-Cases-People-v.-Pereda-FINAL.pdf","publisher":"Supreme Court of the Philippines","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"People v. Pereda and People v. Oares, G.R. Nos. 268510 and 274142 (11 August 2025)","url":"https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/268510-274142-people-of-the-philippines-vs-jeremias-t-pereda-people-of-the-philippines-vs-po3-arnel-oares-y-gastillo-po1-jeremias-pereda-y-tolete-and-po1-jerwin-cruz-y-roque-accused-po3-arnel/","publisher":"Supreme Court of the Philippines","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"gibraltar-possession-fine-2025","code":"CET-QQYP8Q","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/gibraltar-possession-fine-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QQYP8Q/","date":"2025-12-19","country":"gi","country_name":"Gibraltar","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Gibraltar fines a man £800 for possessing 127 grams of cannabis resin","summary":"A 42-year-old man received an £800 fine after police found about 127 grams of cannabis resin during a foot patrol.[@1] He appeared in the Magistrates’ Court the morning after his arrest and was charged with possession of a Class B drug.[@1] The case came under the current criminal code, which allows fines or imprisonment for possession.[@2]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","enforcement","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"gibraltar-possession-fine-2025","sources":[{"title":"Local man fined for possession of a controlled drug","url":"https://www.police.gi/news/local-man-fined-for-possession-of-a-controlled-drug-1567","publisher":"police.gi","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"current consolidated edition","url":"https://www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi/legislations/crimes-act-2011-2856/download","publisher":"Crimes Act 2011","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":"yemen-sanaa-hashish-death-sentence-2025","code":"CET-X4JYC4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/yemen-sanaa-hashish-death-sentence-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/X4JYC4/","date":"2025-12-17","country":"ye","country_name":"Yemen","place":null,"coordinates":[15.917,47.568],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Sana'a court sentences a hashish dealer to death","summary":"The Specialized Criminal Court in Sana'a sentenced Ahmed Abed al-Dhabian to death for buying, possessing, transporting and selling hashish, and ordered his movable and immovable property confiscated. A second defendant received 25 years for drug trafficking, and three others five years each for possessing hashish with intent to use.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"yemen-sanaa-hashish-death-sentence-2025","sources":[{"title":"Sanaa court sentences drug dealer to death","url":"https://en.ypagency.net/379381","publisher":"Yemen Press Agency","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Death Sentences and Executions 2025","url":"https://www.amnesty.se/documents/314/Death_Sentences_and_Executions_2025_ENG.pdf","publisher":"Amnesty International","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"uae-personal-use-reclassification-2025","code":"CET-Z6SCN7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/uae-personal-use-reclassification-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Z6SCN7/","date":"2025-12-15","country":"ae","country_name":"United Arab Emirates","place":null,"coordinates":[23.905,54.293],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Abu Dhabi appeal court cuts a cannabis life sentence to three months","summary":"Abu Dhabi's Court of Appeal overturned a life sentence for possessing cannabis and psychotropic substances with intent to traffic and reclassified the offence as possession for personal use. The court found no evidence of promotion, negotiation or delivery, and said the investigation did not explain why police had concluded he was trading.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"uae-personal-use-reclassification-2025","sources":[{"title":"Abu Dhabi court overturns life sentence, reduces drug charge to personal use (19 December 2025)","url":"https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/abu-dhabi-court-overturns-life-sentence-reduces-drug-charge-to-personal-use-1.500384862","publisher":"Gulf News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"afghanistan-badakhshan-hashish-seizure-2025","code":"CET-6DVT8J","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/afghanistan-badakhshan-hashish-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6DVT8J/","date":"2025-12-14","country":"af","country_name":"Afghanistan","place":null,"coordinates":[33.819,65.926],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police seize 222 kg of hashish in Badakhshan","summary":"Police in Kishim district, Badakhshan, arrested two people and seized 222 kilograms of hashish from a vehicle disguised as a livestock carrier. The provincial police spokesman said the men were handed to judicial authorities. It was one of the largest single cannabis seizures reported in northern Afghanistan in 2025.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"afghanistan-badakhshan-hashish-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Police seize 222 kg of hashish in northern Afghanistan (14 December 2025)","url":"https://english.news.cn/20251214/19229200670d46c690ea175f08bf00e2/c.html","publisher":"Xinhua","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bosnia-samac-cannabis-seizure-2025","code":"CET-EMTRAN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bosnia-samac-cannabis-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EMTRAN/","date":"2025-12-12","country":"ba","country_name":"Bosnia and Herzegovina","place":null,"coordinates":[44.171,17.775],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Šamac police arrest a suspect after finding 3.8 kg of marijuana","summary":"Republika Srpska police arrested one person and reported finding 3.8 kg of suspected marijuana during a court-authorised search. The suspect was referred to the Doboj prosecutor the following day.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bosnia-samac-cannabis-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"3.8 kg of suspected marijuana found in Šamac","url":"https://mup.vladars.rs/lat/informisanje-javnosti/novost/42636/","publisher":"Republika Srpska Interior Ministry","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"madagascar-antsohihy-seizure-2025","code":"CET-HWAZNT","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/madagascar-antsohihy-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HWAZNT/","date":"2025-12-08","country":"mg","country_name":"Madagascar","place":null,"coordinates":[-19.317,46.743],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Antsohihy gendarmes report 1,440 kg seized over six months","summary":"The Sofia gendarmerie reported 1,440 kg of cannabis in 114 sacks seized around Antsohihy over six months, with 10 arrests. The stock was burned on 8 December, and another 400 kg was seized the same afternoon.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"madagascar-antsohihy-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Antsohihy: plus d'une tonne de marijuana saisie (11 December 2025)","url":"https://www.lexpress.mg/2025/12/antsohihy-plus-dune-tonne-de-marijuana.html","publisher":"L'Express de Madagascar","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":"serbia-zemun-cannabis-indictment-2025","code":"CET-FCX1Y0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/serbia-zemun-cannabis-indictment-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/FCX1Y0/","date":"2025-12-05","country":"rs","country_name":"Serbia","place":null,"coordinates":[44.211,20.806],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Serbia indicts two defendants over the Zemun cannabis seizure","summary":"Belgrade’s Higher Public Prosecutor said it filed an indictment against two defendants in the case involving two tonnes of cannabis seized in Zemun. The indictment followed the investigation opened in August.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"serbia-zemun-cannabis-indictment-2025","sources":[{"title":"Statement of 6 February 2026, indictment date","url":"https://beograd.vjt.rs/saopstenja/saopstenje-1051/","publisher":"Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"myanmar-sagaing-cannabis-boom-2025","code":"CET-F132R3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/myanmar-sagaing-cannabis-boom-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F132R3/","date":"2025-12-04","country":"mm","country_name":"Myanmar","place":null,"coordinates":[21.113,96.495],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Cannabis cultivation spreads in southern Sagaing","summary":"The Irrawaddy reported that villages in Ayadaw township and along the Myinmu border had shifted from rice, beans, betel nut and cotton to cannabis since 2022–23. Residents estimated at least five acres per village and more than thirty acres across six villages.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"myanmar-sagaing-cannabis-boom-2025","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis takes root in Sagaing as Myanmar's post-coup drug boom expands (4 December 2025)","url":"https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/cannabis-takes-root-in-sagaing-as-myanmars-post-coup-drug-boom-expands.html","publisher":"The Irrawaddy","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"morocco-bcij-seizure-2025","code":"CET-E2RST0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/morocco-bcij-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/E2RST0/","date":"2025-11-27","country":"ma","country_name":"Morocco","place":null,"coordinates":[29.767,-8.728],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Morocco's elite police seize 16 tonnes of hashish on the Atlantic coast","summary":"The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations broke up a network that was using beaches near Casablanca to load hashish onto inflatable boats. Officers seized 16 tonnes of resin, six boats and eight engines in raids in Kenitra and Casablanca, and arrested eight people including two women. The operation was based on intelligence from the DGST.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"morocco-bcij-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Morocco's BCIJ Seizes 16 Tons of Cannabis in Major Trafficking Network Bust (27 November 2025)","url":"https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/11/269669/moroccos-bcij-seizes-16-tons-of-cannabis-in-major-trafficking-network-bust/","publisher":"Morocco World News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"chad-police-burn-2025","code":"CET-0A01TX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/chad-police-burn-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0A01TX/","date":"2025-11-25","country":"td","country_name":"Chad","place":null,"coordinates":[15.275,18.635],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Chad's police burn seized cannabis under the 1995 drug law","summary":"The national police burned seized goods in the 7th district of N'Djamena, including 32 kg of cannabis herb, 34 balls of cannabis and 200 kg of psychotropic substances, beside 7.5 tonnes of adulterated alcohol. The deputy prosecutor present said the destruction complied with Law 22/PR/95 on drug control.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"chad-police-burn-2025","sources":[{"title":"Tchad: la Police nationale incinère une importante quantité de produits prohibés (26 November 2025)","url":"https://www.alwihdainfo.com/tchad-la-police-nationale-incinere-une-importante-quantite-de-produits-prohibes-a146176/","publisher":"Alwihda Info","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"iraq-drug-networks-2025","code":"CET-ER9PTB","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/iraq-drug-networks-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ER9PTB/","date":"2025-11-25","country":"iq","country_name":"Iraq","place":null,"coordinates":[33.01,43.774],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Iraq says it dismantled 1,201 drug networks in three years","summary":"The interior ministry said security forces broke up 1,201 trafficking and dealing networks, including 171 international ones, and seized 14 tonnes of narcotics in the three years to November 2025. It counted 23,118 court judgments in drug cases, among them 300 death sentences and 1,147 life sentences, and said 6,022 people had recovered from addiction while 1,228 were in treatment at 16 centres.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"iraq-drug-networks-2025","sources":[{"title":"«الداخلية تعلن تفكيك 1201 شبكة مخدرات بينها 171 دولية في ثلاث سنوات» (25 November 2025)","url":"https://ina.iq/ar/security/248692-1201-171.html","publisher":"Iraqi News Agency (INA)","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"south-korea-joint-drug-headquarters-2025","code":"CET-JN4X0A","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/south-korea-joint-drug-headquarters-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/JN4X0A/","date":"2025-11-21","country":"kr","country_name":"South Korea","place":null,"coordinates":[36.373,127.835],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"South Korea launches a joint drug investigation headquarters","summary":"The government set up a joint drug-crime investigation headquarters bringing prosecutors, police, customs and the intelligence service together, after smuggling and online sales rose. In its first 100 days it booked 124 people and detained 56, including a soldier who smuggled 10.2 kg of cannabis from Thailand and a farmer who grew cannabis under a state-funded smart farm.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"south-korea-joint-drug-headquarters-2025","sources":[{"title":"“농업지원금으로 대마 재배”…합수본 100일, 마약범죄 잇단 적발 (2026. 3. 4.)","url":"https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/area/capital/1247571.html","publisher":"한겨레","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"내무실 마약왕?…해군 현역병이 몰래 태국서 마약 밀수 (2025. 11. 5.)","url":"https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20251105078500004","publisher":"연합뉴스","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-hashish-network-2025","code":"CET-VGBRTG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-hashish-network-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VGBRTG/","date":"2025-11-20","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Bahrain upholds life for a 350 kg hashish network","summary":"The High Criminal Court in November 2025 rejected a challenge to a life sentence for a man convicted in a network that brought about 350 kg of hashish into Bahrain by sea between 2021 and 2023. Six other defendants, including a woman, were named in the case; the court treated the challenge to an in-absentia judgment as having no legal basis.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-hashish-network-2025","sources":[{"title":"Appeal rejected in 350kg hashish smuggling case","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/en/article/appeal-rejected-in-350kg-hashish-smuggling-case-wk_post-122159","publisher":"News of Bahrain","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"lebanon-zeaiter-arrest-2025","code":"CET-BJRB3Y","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/lebanon-zeaiter-arrest-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BJRB3Y/","date":"2025-11-20","country":"lb","country_name":"Lebanon","place":null,"coordinates":[33.921,35.878],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Lebanon arrests a sanctioned cannabis and Captagon trafficker","summary":"The army arrested Nouh Zeaiter, a US-sanctioned Captagon and cannabis trafficker, at Kneiseh in Baalbek-Hermel. He had admitted cannabis cultivation and trafficking. The arrest was one of several against Bekaa networks in 2025.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"lebanon-zeaiter-arrest-2025","sources":[{"title":"Drug kingpin Nouh Zaiter arrested by Lebanese army (20 November 2025)","url":"https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1485681/drug-kingpin-nouh-zaiter-arrested-by-lebanese-army.html","publisher":"L'Orient Today","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-gaza-zeitoun-drug-raid-2025","code":"CET-BZTC46","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-gaza-zeitoun-drug-raid-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BZTC46/","date":"2025-11-16","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Gaza police seize hashish and cannabis plants in Zeitoun","summary":"Gaza's anti-narcotics police raided a home in Zeitoun, south of Gaza City, and seized 21 slabs of hashish, 317 Rotana pills, five marijuana plants, a rifle and ammunition. Two suspects were arrested; the police said drug flows into Gaza had risen since the war.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-gaza-zeitoun-drug-raid-2025","sources":[{"title":"Gaza police seize drugs and weapons in raid on Zeitoun, 17 November 2025","url":"https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251117-gaza-police-seize-drugs-and-weapons-in-raid-on-zeitoun-neighbourhood/","publisher":"Middle East Monitor","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kuwait-iran-car-hashish-2025","code":"CET-T59NHY","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kuwait-iran-car-hashish-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/T59NHY/","date":"2025-11-15","country":"kw","country_name":"Kuwait","place":null,"coordinates":[29.333,47.588],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"A car from Iran brings 100 kg of hashish","summary":"Customs and drug-control officers stopped a Kuwaiti citizen returning from Iran on the Shuwaikh ferry and found more than 100 kilograms of hashish and marijuana in hidden compartments in his car. The case pointed to Iran as a source of resin shipped across the Gulf. The suspect was referred to the narcotics prosecution.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kuwait-iran-car-hashish-2025","sources":[{"title":"Authorities foil major drug-smuggling operation; seize 100 kilograms of hashish and marijuana","url":"https://timeskuwait.com/authorities-foil-major-drug-smuggling-operation-seize-100-kilograms-of-hashish-and-marijuana/","publisher":"Times Kuwait","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"dominica-drug-burn-2025","code":"CET-J2YM0B","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/dominica-drug-burn-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/J2YM0B/","date":"2025-11-15","country":"dm","country_name":"Dominica","place":null,"coordinates":[15.439,-61.358],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Dominica's police burn seized cocaine and cannabis","summary":"Police destroyed drugs valued at about 53 million East Caribbean dollars in November 2025. Cannabis accounted for about 1.2 million of that and cocaine for about 52 million.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"dominica-drug-burn-2025","sources":[{"title":"Police destroy over 52 million dollars worth of cocaine and cannabis (20 November 2025)","url":"https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/homepage-carousel/police-destroys-over-52-million-dollars-worth-of-cocaine-and-cannabis/","publisher":"Dominica News Online","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"maldives-operation-alimagu-2025","code":"CET-F6XRM5","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-operation-alimagu-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F6XRM5/","date":"2025-11-13","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Maldives launches its largest anti-drug operation","summary":"Operation Alimagu began on 13 November 2025 with about 500 officers raiding 110 places on 39 islands; police said 110 people were arrested on the first day. By late December they had searched 166 locations and nine vessels, arrested 193 people, and seized 30.63 kg of drugs and 182 bottles of alcohol.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-operation-alimagu-2025","sources":[{"title":"Police raid 166 locations, arrest 193 in nationwide Operation Alimagu","url":"https://en.mmtv.mv/7433","publisher":"MMTV","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Criminal Court extends detention for 38 from Operation Alimagu","url":"https://www.plus.mv/english/criminal-court-extends-detention-for-38-from-operation-alimagu/","publisher":"MV+","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"georgia-underground-cannabis-greenhouse-2025","code":"CET-6QGRGD","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/georgia-underground-cannabis-greenhouse-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6QGRGD/","date":"2025-11-11","country":"ge","country_name":"Georgia","place":null,"coordinates":[42.173,43.524],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"An underground greenhouse and 283 plants lead to a drug charge","summary":"The Interior Ministry arrested a previously convicted man after finding a greenhouse built underground on land beside his home. Police seized 283 cannabis plants and about 3 kilograms of dried marijuana, along with packaging materials, adhesive tape and an electronic scale.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"georgia-underground-cannabis-greenhouse-2025","sources":[{"title":"Ministry of Internal Affairs: Police seize 283 cannabis plants and about 3 kilograms of marijuana – suspect had underground greenhouse (11 November 2025)","url":"https://www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/143847-ministry-of-internal-affairs-police-seize-283-cannabis-plants-and-about-3-kilograms-of-marijuana-suspect-had-underground-greenhouse/","publisher":"Interpressnews","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"benin-bohicon-seizure-2025","code":"CET-SH4VJ8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/benin-bohicon-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SH4VJ8/","date":"2025-11-11","country":"bj","country_name":"Benin","place":null,"coordinates":[9.636,2.327],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police in Benin stop 130 kg of cannabis hidden as maize","summary":"Police in Bohicon arrested two motorcyclists coming from Azovè with 130 kg of cannabis in 237 slabs, packed in six sacks made to look like bags of maize. The men were handed to the central anti-drug office, Ocertid, for investigation.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"benin-bohicon-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Bénin: 130 kg de chanvre indien interceptés (14 November 2025)","url":"https://lanouvelletribune.info/2025/11/benin-130-kg-de-chanvre-indien-interceptes/","publisher":"La Nouvelle Tribune","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bnn-aceh-utara-sawang-69-tonnes","code":"CET-MGY67B","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bnn-aceh-utara-sawang-69-tonnes/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MGY67B/","date":"2025-11-06","country":"id","country_name":"Indonesia","place":"Teupin Rusep, Sawang, North Aceh","coordinates":[5.1,96.95],"precision":"district","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"97,000 cannabis plants destroyed in North Aceh","summary":"Indonesia's national narcotics agency led 151 officers into six fields near the village of Teupin Rusep and destroyed about 97,000 plants, some 69 tonnes by wet weight, on 6.5 hectares.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":69000,"plants_destroyed":97000,"hectares":6.5},"tags":["bnn","aceh"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"BNN Musnahkan 69 Ton Ganja di Aceh Utara","url":"https://www.metrotvnews.com/read/bw6CgqR5-bnn-musnahkan-69-ton-ganja-di-aceh-utara","publisher":"Metro TV News","date":"2025-11-06","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20251107152055/https://www.metrotvnews.com/read/bw6CgqR5-bnn-musnahkan-69-ton-ganja-di-aceh-utara"}]},{"id":"indonesia-north-aceh-cannabis-69-tonnes-2025","code":"CET-QBXKXG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/indonesia-north-aceh-cannabis-69-tonnes-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QBXKXG/","date":"2025-11-06","country":"id","country_name":"Indonesia","place":null,"coordinates":[-2.264,117.181],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"BNN burns 69 tonnes of cannabis in North Aceh","summary":"Six plots covering 6.5 hectares in Teupin Reusep, North Aceh, held about 97,000 cannabis plants and 69 tonnes wet weight; 151 personnel destroyed them in place on 6 November 2025. The village is one of four alternative-development pilot sites where BNN is trying to move growers to legal crops.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"indonesia-north-aceh-cannabis-69-tonnes-2025","sources":[{"title":"BNN MUSNAHKAN 69 TON GANJA DI ACEH UTARA","url":"https://bnn.go.id/bnn-musnahkan-69-ton-ganja-di-aceh-utara/","publisher":"bnn.go.id","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"india-kerala-hc-potted-cannabis-2025","code":"CET-X2QH1C","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/india-kerala-hc-potted-cannabis-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/X2QH1C/","date":"2025-11-04","country":"in","country_name":"India","place":null,"coordinates":[22.777,79.564],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Kerala High Court says cannabis in pots is still cultivation","summary":"On 4 November 2025 the Kerala High Court refused to quash a prosecution against a man who grew five cannabis plants in pots on a rented terrace in Thiruvananthapuram. The court held that ‘cannabis plant’ means any plant of the genus, whether or not it bears flowering tops, and that growing it in a pot is cultivation under sections 8(b) and 20(a).","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"india-kerala-hc-potted-cannabis-2025","sources":[{"title":"Jatin v State of Kerala, Kerala High Court, 4 November 2025","url":"https://indiankanoon.org/doc/34183130/","publisher":"indiankanoon.org","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bella-culley-tbilisi-sentence","code":"CET-SDPHWT","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bella-culley-tbilisi-sentence/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SDPHWT/","date":"2025-11-03","country":"ge","country_name":"Georgia","place":"Tbilisi City Court","coordinates":[41.716,44.783],"precision":"locality","type":"sentence","also":["prosecution"],"title":"British teenager freed in Georgia after a plea deal over 14 kg of cannabis","summary":"Bella May Culley, 19 and pregnant, faced life in prison for bringing 12 kg of marijuana and 2 kg of hashish into Tbilisi. 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It presented the fall as part of its supply-reduction strategy alongside the legal programme. The area remains far larger than the 3,141 hectares in legal production that year, and the figure is a government estimate rather than an independent survey.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"morocco-illegal-cultivation-down-2025","sources":[{"title":"Morocco cuts illegal cannabis cultivation by 85 percent, Interior Ministry reports (3 November 2025)","url":"https://en.hespress.com/124730-morocco-cuts-illegal-cannabis-cultivation-by-85-percent-interior-ministry-reports.html","publisher":"Hespress English","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"paraguay-nueva-alianza-53","code":"CET-J72RSV","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/paraguay-nueva-alianza-53/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/J72RSV/","date":"2025-10-31","country":"py","country_name":"Paraguay","place":"Canindeyú, Caaguazú and Alto Paraná","coordinates":[-24.3,-55.3],"precision":"region","type":"eradication","also":["seizure"],"title":"Nueva Alianza 53: 309 hectares of cannabis destroyed on Paraguay's border","summary":"Over ten days, Paraguay's anti-drug agency and Brazil's Federal Police destroyed 309 hectares of cannabis, 96 growers' camps and more than 39 tonnes of the drug in the forests of Canindeyú, Caaguazú and Alto Paraná. Senad says the phase kept at least 966 tonnes of cannabis out of the Brazilian market, where it estimates the crop would have earned USD 144 million.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":39000,"hectares":309,"value":{"amount":144000000,"currency":"USD"}},"tags":["nueva-alianza","brazil","joint-operation","protected-areas","deforestation"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://senad.gov.py/operacion-binacional-nueva-alianza-53-dejo-fuera-de-circulacion-casi-1-000-toneladas-de-marihuana-en-diez-dias/","publisher":"Senad","caption":"Two agents cut cannabis plants in a cleared plot, a helicopter above the treeline","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260509174134/https://senad.gov.py/operacion-binacional-nueva-alianza-53-dejo-fuera-de-circulacion-casi-1-000-toneladas-de-marihuana-en-diez-dias/"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.hoy.com.py/nacionales/2025/10/24/eliminan-98-hectareas-de-marihuana-en-la-frontera","publisher":"Hoy (Paraguay)","caption":"A pile of cannabis plants burns in a field, smoke rising over the crop","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260712215844/https://www.hoy.com.py/nacionales/2025/10/24/eliminan-98-hectareas-de-marihuana-en-la-frontera"}],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Operación binacional \"Nueva Alianza 53\" dejó fuera de circulación casi 1.000 toneladas de marihuana en diez días","url":"https://senad.gov.py/operacion-binacional-nueva-alianza-53-dejo-fuera-de-circulacion-casi-1-000-toneladas-de-marihuana-en-diez-dias/","publisher":"Senad","date":"2025-10-31","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260509174134/https://senad.gov.py/operacion-binacional-nueva-alianza-53-dejo-fuera-de-circulacion-casi-1-000-toneladas-de-marihuana-en-diez-dias/"},{"title":"Eliminan 98 hectáreas de marihuana en la frontera","url":"https://www.hoy.com.py/nacionales/2025/10/24/eliminan-98-hectareas-de-marihuana-en-la-frontera","publisher":"Hoy (Paraguay)","date":"2025-10-24","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260712215844/https://www.hoy.com.py/nacionales/2025/10/24/eliminan-98-hectareas-de-marihuana-en-la-frontera"},{"title":"Operação conjunta entre Brasil e Paraguai destrói 39 toneladas de maconha na fronteira","url":"https://g1.globo.com/ms/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/2025/10/31/operacao-conjunta-entre-brasil-e-paraguai-destroi-39-toneladas-de-maconha-na-fronteira.ghtml","publisher":"G1","date":"2025-10-31","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20251105003402/https://g1.globo.com/ms/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/2025/10/31/operacao-conjunta-entre-brasil-e-paraguai-destroi-39-toneladas-de-maconha-na-fronteira.ghtml"}]},{"id":"montenegro-trnovo-third-arrest-2025","code":"CET-J3GPAC","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/montenegro-trnovo-third-arrest-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/J3GPAC/","date":"2025-10-29","country":"me","country_name":"Montenegro","place":null,"coordinates":[42.788,19.239],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Montenegro police arrest a third suspect in the Trnovo cannabis case","summary":"Police arrested a 31-year-old man from Bar, identified as N.D., on suspicion of drug production and supply in the Trnovo investigation.[@1] The August operation had uncovered about 13,100 cannabis plants and led to two arrests.[@1] Investigators said they were continuing to identify people involved in cultivation and distribution; further complaints followed in March 2026.[@1,2]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"montenegro-trnovo-third-arrest-2025","sources":[{"title":"third suspect arrested in the Trnovo investigation","url":"https://www.gov.me/clanak/nastavak-akcije-trnovo-uhapsen-baranin-osumnjicen-za-nedozvoljenu-proizvodnju-drzanje-i-stavljanje-u-promet-opojnih-droga","publisher":"Montenegro Police Directorate","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"complaints against two further Trnovo suspects","url":"https://www.gov.me/clanak/trnovo-krivicne-prijave-protiv-dva-lica-iz-zete-osumnjicena-za-nedozvoljenu-proizvodnju-drzanje-i-stavljanje-u-promet-opojnih-droga","publisher":"Montenegro Police Directorate","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"yemen-hadramout-iranians-death-2025","code":"CET-DXQECW","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/yemen-hadramout-iranians-death-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/DXQECW/","date":"2025-10-22","country":"ye","country_name":"Yemen","place":null,"coordinates":[15.917,47.568],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Hadramout court sentences six Iranians to death over three tonnes of hashish","summary":"The Specialized Criminal Court in Hadramout sentenced six Iranian nationals to death for smuggling nearly three tonnes of hashish and crystal methamphetamine from Iran into Yemeni waters. The court ordered the drugs destroyed and the seized items confiscated, and the justice ministry said the case was part of efforts against transnational organised crime.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"yemen-hadramout-iranians-death-2025","sources":[{"title":"Hadramout Court Sentences Six Iranians to Death for Drug Trafficking","url":"https://south24.net/news/newse.php?nid=5010","publisher":"South24 Center","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-cbd-vape-ruling-2025","code":"CET-BRZKA3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-cbd-vape-ruling-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BRZKA3/","date":"2025-10-21","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Bahrain's top court upholds a 10-year sentence for CBD vapes","summary":"The Court of Cassation in October 2025 upheld a 10-year prison sentence and BHD5,000 fine for a man convicted over electronic shishas containing cannabis after customs officers at the King Fahd Causeway found the devices and containers holding suspected CBD. Two co-defendants received one year and BHD1,000 each. The case began in 2024 and the suspected CBD liquid was prosecuted as cannabis.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-cbd-vape-ruling-2025","sources":[{"title":"10-year jail term upheld in 'e-shisha drug' case","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/120664.html","publisher":"News of Bahrain","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"albania-rinas-cannabis-import-2025","code":"CET-9NKR28","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/albania-rinas-cannabis-import-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/9NKR28/","date":"2025-10-21","country":"al","country_name":"Albania","place":null,"coordinates":[41.135,20.052],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police report 61 kg of cannabis arriving at Albania’s airport","summary":"State Police announced two arrests at Rinas and the seizure of 61 kg of suspected cannabis in four suitcases. They said the shipment had come from Bangkok and was intended for sale in Albania.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"albania-rinas-cannabis-import-2025","sources":[{"title":"Operation Quality seizes 61 kg of cannabis, 21 October 2025","url":"https://asp.gov.al/tirane-finalizohet-operacioni-policor-i-koduar-quality-sekuestrohen-61-kg-kanabis/","publisher":"Albanian State Police","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"jordan-hashish-border-bust-2025","code":"CET-WCHSV4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jordan-hashish-border-bust-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/WCHSV4/","date":"2025-10-20","country":"jo","country_name":"Jordan","place":null,"coordinates":[31.239,36.757],"precision":"country","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"Jordan seizes 119 blocks of hashish in border and city raids","summary":"Jordan's Public Security Directorate announced twelve arrests in a series of drug operations on 20 October 2025. At the Jaber border crossing with Syria, officers seized 85,000 narcotic pills, and searches across the country recovered 119 blocks of hashish, including 40 in Jerash and 36 in Aqaba. The operations also led to arrests in Amman and Zarqa, where officers found further hashish and pills.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"jordan-hashish-border-bust-2025","sources":[{"title":"Jordan arrests 12 suspects in nationwide anti-drug operations","url":"https://english.news.cn/20251020/2116ca207cee473fb2512ee2beea3cac/c.html","publisher":"Xinhua","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"ivory-coast-customs-seizure-2025","code":"CET-NCME8H","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ivory-coast-customs-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NCME8H/","date":"2025-10-14","country":"ci","country_name":"Côte d'Ivoire","place":null,"coordinates":[7.626,-5.569],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Ivorian customs stop 74 kg of cannabis at the entrance to Abidjan","summary":"A mobile customs unit stopped a ride-hailing car coming from Aboisso on the Moossou bridge and found 78 balls and 40 slabs of cannabis, 74 kg in all. The driver and two passengers were detained.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"ivory-coast-customs-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Côte d'Ivoire, 74 kg cannabis seizure on the Aboisso-Abidjan road (15 October 2025)","url":"https://www.koaci.com/article/2025/10/15/cote-divoire/societe/cote-divoire-trafic-de-drogue-les-douanes-ivoiriennes-saisissent-74-kg-de-cannabis-sur-laxe-aboisso-abidjan_191160.html","publisher":"Koaci","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bhutan-paro-airport-cannabis-sentences-2025","code":"CET-61AWD0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bhutan-paro-airport-cannabis-sentences-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/61AWD0/","date":"2025-10-13","country":"bt","country_name":"Bhutan","place":null,"coordinates":[27.412,90.402],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Paro court jails airport cannabis smugglers for five to six years","summary":"In August 2025 the Paro District Court sentenced a 33-year-old Indian national to six years for bringing more than 7 kg of cannabis through Paro airport from Bangkok. In October it sentenced three Indian nationals to between five years and five years and six months for a separate haul of more than 7 kg on the same route.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bhutan-paro-airport-cannabis-sentences-2025","sources":[{"title":"Paro District Court convicts Indian national for illicit cannabis trafficking (12 August 2025)","url":"https://www.bbs.bt/232465/","publisher":"BBS","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Paro District Court sentences three Indian nationals to over five years for smuggling cannabis (14 October 2025)","url":"https://www.bbs.bt/234413/","publisher":"BBS","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"eswatini-dagga-spraying-2025","code":"CET-TT8QX1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/eswatini-dagga-spraying-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TT8QX1/","date":"2025-10-01","country":"sz","country_name":"Eswatini","place":null,"coordinates":[-26.558,31.482],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Cannabis association challenges herbicide spraying of dagga fields","summary":"The Eswatini Cannabis Association demanded an immediate halt to aerial and drone spraying of cannabis fields with herbicides, alleging paraquat, glyphosate and dicamba use without environmental assessment or registered applicators. Police continued Operation Thunder, destroying fields and seizing hundreds of kilograms.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["eradication"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"eswatini-dagga-spraying-2025","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis association calls on government to halt dagga-field spraying (1 October 2025)","url":"https://swazidailynews.com/4353/business/cannabis-association-calls-on-govt-to-halt-dagga-fields-spraying/","publisher":"Eswatini Daily News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"macau-record-cannabis-seizure-2025","code":"CET-QYKQEE","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/macau-record-cannabis-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QYKQEE/","date":"2025-09-28","country":"mo","country_name":"Macau","place":null,"coordinates":[22.223,113.509],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Macau seizes more than 30 kg of cannabis at the airport","summary":"Police found 56 vacuum-sealed packets of cannabis buds, more than 30 kg, in the luggage of two Malaysian men who had flown in from South Korea. A Hong Kong man travelling with them was also arrested.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"macau-record-cannabis-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Police seize record cannabis shipment at airport, 30 September 2025","url":"https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/police-seize-record-cannabis-shipment-at-airport.html","publisher":"Macau Daily Times","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"2025 criminal cases, enforcement and community policing review, 5 February 2026","url":"https://www.pj.gov.mo/Web//u/cms/www/202602/051431455viu.pdf","publisher":"Judiciary Police","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"lebanon-yammouneh-raid-2025","code":"CET-8G2G25","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/lebanon-yammouneh-raid-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8G2G25/","date":"2025-09-26","country":"lb","country_name":"Lebanon","place":null,"coordinates":[33.921,35.878],"precision":"country","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"Lebanon's army kills a clan member in a Bekaa drug raid","summary":"A drone strike attributed to the Lebanese Army in Dar al-Wassaa near Yammouneh killed Hassan Abbas Jaafar, a member of the Jaafar clan wanted for drug trafficking, killings and attacks on soldiers; two other clan members were wounded. The army did not mention the strike, saying soldiers returned fire during raids and killed a wanted man.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"lebanon-yammouneh-raid-2025","sources":[{"title":"Army carries out major drug bust in Yammouneh, Jaafar clan member killed (26 September 2025)","url":"https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1478837/army-carries-out-major-drug-bust-in-yammouneh-jaafar-clan-member-killed.html","publisher":"L'Orient Today","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"new-zealand-operation-beryl-2025","code":"CET-08DZC4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/new-zealand-operation-beryl-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/08DZC4/","date":"2025-09-25","country":"nz","country_name":"New Zealand","place":null,"coordinates":[-41.702,172.922],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Police destroy more than 10 tonnes of cannabis in Auckland grow-house raids","summary":"Police announced on 25 September 2025 that a month-long operation in Auckland had shut 120 cannabis grow houses, destroyed more than 11,000 plants and seized more than 10 tonnes of cannabis. Thirty people were arrested, most Vietnamese nationals facing deportation, and police put the black-market value at more than NZ$50 million.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"new-zealand-operation-beryl-2025","sources":[{"title":"Police deal significant blow to organised crime, uprooting 120 cannabis grow houses (25 September 2025)","url":"https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/police-deal-significant-blow-organised-crime-uprooting-120-cannabis-grow-houses","publisher":"New Zealand Police","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":"afghanistan-kabul-cannabis-sentences-2025","code":"CET-1KK48V","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/afghanistan-kabul-cannabis-sentences-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/1KK48V/","date":"2025-09-23","country":"af","country_name":"Afghanistan","place":null,"coordinates":[33.819,65.926],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Kabul court jails seventeen for cannabis, tablets and alcohol","summary":"Kabul's primary court for narcotics and intoxicants sentenced seventeen people to seven months to three and a half years in prison and 15 to 35 lashes for selling and trafficking narcotic tablets, alcohol and cannabis. The Supreme Court approved the sentences, which were carried out on 23 September 2025.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"afghanistan-kabul-cannabis-sentences-2025","sources":[{"title":"DEC3-09232025, Kabul primary court sentences seventeen people (23 September 2025)","url":"https://afghanistanjustice.org/decrees/dec3-09232025/","publisher":"Afghanistan Justice Archive","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"georgia-kakheti-cannabis-farm-2025","code":"CET-5WJNKE","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/georgia-kakheti-cannabis-farm-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5WJNKE/","date":"2025-09-18","country":"ge","country_name":"Georgia","place":null,"coordinates":[42.173,43.524],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police break up a 1,337-plant cannabis farm in Kakheti","summary":"Prosecutors charged five people after police found 1,337 cannabis plants, weighing more than 143 kilograms, in the village of Vakiri in Sighnaghi municipality. Searches of homes linked to the suspects also turned up 3.3 kilograms of dried marijuana already packaged, drying equipment and digital scales.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"georgia-kakheti-cannabis-farm-2025","sources":[{"title":"Georgia charges five over massive illegal cannabis farm (18 September 2025)","url":"https://dfwatch.net/georgia-charges-five-over-massive-illegal-cannabis-farm-68549","publisher":"DFWatch","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"uae-cannabis-extract-acquittal-2025","code":"CET-PE7SBS","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/uae-cannabis-extract-acquittal-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PE7SBS/","date":"2025-09-15","country":"ae","country_name":"United Arab Emirates","place":null,"coordinates":[23.905,54.293],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Dubai appeal court clears Filipina over cannabis extract","summary":"Dubai's Court of Appeal acquitted a 35-year-old Filipina who had been sentenced to 10 years and a AED 100,000 fine for bringing 20 grams of cannabis extract into the country. Customs found the extract in 20 vape cartridges hidden in pancake-mix packages at Terminal 3 on 15 December 2024.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"uae-cannabis-extract-acquittal-2025","sources":[{"title":"Filipina's 10-year drug sentence overturned in Dubai Court ruling (15 September 2025)","url":"https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/filipinas-10-year-drug-sentence-overturned-in-dubai-court-ruling-1.500269456","publisher":"Gulf News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"egypt-ismailia-farm-raid-2025","code":"CET-C0FZMZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/egypt-ismailia-farm-raid-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/C0FZMZ/","date":"2025-09-15","country":"eg","country_name":"Egypt","place":null,"coordinates":[26.46,29.878],"precision":"country","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"Egypt's police raid a desert drug farm in Ismailia","summary":"The Interior Ministry announced the seizure of 27.5 tonnes of narcotics at a desert farm in Ismailia: 21 tonnes of fully grown plants and 6.5 tonnes in hidden storage, valued at about 1.6 billion Egyptian pounds. One suspect was found with 90 kg of hashish and 10 kg of hydro, and firearms were seized.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"egypt-ismailia-farm-raid-2025","sources":[{"title":"Egypt busts billion-pound drug farm in Ismailia desert raid (25 September 2025)","url":"https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/egypt-busts-billion-pound-drug-farm-in-ismailia-desert-raid-1.500282699","publisher":"Gulf News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"oman-airport-cannabis-2025","code":"CET-EAPVHV","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/oman-airport-cannabis-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EAPVHV/","date":"2025-09-13","country":"om","country_name":"Oman","place":null,"coordinates":[20.586,56.062],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Oman's airports seize marijuana from a run of arriving passengers","summary":"Customs officers at Salalah airport found 11.65 kilograms of marijuana in the baggage of two Indian travellers on 23 July 2025, then 6.5 kilograms in another Indian traveller's luggage five days later. At Muscat airport, officers reported 12.66 kilograms from a Chinese woman on 21 August and, on 13 September, 9 kilograms from one traveller and 8 kilograms hidden in food bags from another.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"oman-airport-cannabis-2025","sources":[{"title":"12kg of marijuana seized from passengers at Salalah airport (23 July 2025)","url":"https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1173929/oman/rop/12kg-of-marijuana-seized-from-passengers-at-salalah-airport","publisher":"Oman Observer","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Marijuana smuggling foiled again at Salalah airport (28 July 2025)","url":"https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1174156/oman/rop/marijuana-smuggling-foiled-again-at-salalah-airport","publisher":"Oman Observer","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Oman: Woman arrested for trying to smuggle 12.6kg of marijuana (21 August 2025)","url":"https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/oman/oman-woman-arrested-for-trying-to-smuggle-126kg-of-marijuana-1.500240164","publisher":"Gulf News","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Huge quantities of marijuana seized at Muscat airport (13 September 2025)","url":"https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1176466/oman/rop/huge-quantities-of-marijuana-seized-at-muscat-airport","publisher":"Oman Observer","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kuwait-prison-hashish-ring-2025","code":"CET-5A6M6P","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kuwait-prison-hashish-ring-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5A6M6P/","date":"2025-09-11","country":"kw","country_name":"Kuwait","place":null,"coordinates":[29.333,47.588],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"A prison inmate runs a 145 kg hashish ring","summary":"Police broke up a hashish network holding 145 kilograms of resin and arrested a female suspect, then searched the cell of a non-Kuwaiti inmate who ran the gang from Central Prison. Another accomplice was at large outside Kuwait. The case showed that prison-based dealers can direct smuggling networks beyond the walls.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kuwait-prison-hashish-ring-2025","sources":[{"title":"Kuwait security services seize 145 kg of hashish, arrest culprits","url":"https://kuwaittimes.com/article/33057/kuwait/other-news/kuwait-security-services-seize-145-kg-of-hashish-arrest-culprits/","publisher":"Kuwait Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kuwait-midyear-drug-figures-2025","code":"CET-84KB7X","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kuwait-midyear-drug-figures-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/84KB7X/","date":"2025-08-26","country":"kw","country_name":"Kuwait","place":null,"coordinates":[29.333,47.588],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Kuwait reports 527 trafficking cases in eight months","summary":"The Interior Ministry said 527 drug-trafficking cases involving 823 suspects had been recorded since January, alongside 1,359 abuse cases against 1,675 people. Seizures included 959 kilograms of hashish and 142 kilograms of marijuana, far more resin than herbal cannabis, as well as 391 kilograms of methamphetamine and 6.8 million Lyrica capsules. The figures cover all drugs, not cannabis alone.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kuwait-midyear-drug-figures-2025","sources":[{"title":"War on drugs continue unabated: 527 trafficking cases, 823 accused, massive drug haul","url":"https://timeskuwait.com/war-on-drugs-continue-unabated-527-trafficking-cases-823-accused-massive-drug-haul/","publisher":"Times Kuwait","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"oman-quriyat-drug-haul-2025","code":"CET-25X7M9","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/oman-quriyat-drug-haul-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/25X7M9/","date":"2025-08-22","country":"om","country_name":"Oman","place":null,"coordinates":[20.586,56.062],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Oman police find 85 kg of hashish and marijuana on the Quriyat coast","summary":"Police arrested two people linked to international trafficking networks after finding more than 85 kilograms of hashish and marijuana, plus 70,000 psychotropic tablets, at a coastal hideout in Quriyat. The Royal Oman Police said the drugs had been loaded into a vehicle for trafficking and consumption. The statement did not split the cannabis between resin and herb or name the source country.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"oman-quriyat-drug-haul-2025","sources":[{"title":"Two arrested for possessing over 85 kgs of drugs (22 August 2025)","url":"https://timesofoman.com/article/161926-two-arrested-for-possessing-over-85-kgs-of-drugs","publisher":"Times of Oman","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"lebanon-army-bekaa-raids-2025","code":"CET-HR9RM2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/lebanon-army-bekaa-raids-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HR9RM2/","date":"2025-08-21","country":"lb","country_name":"Lebanon","place":null,"coordinates":[33.921,35.878],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Lebanon's army destroys cannabis fields in the northern Bekaa","summary":"Army units destroyed cannabis fields in Zarazir, Deir al-Ahmar and Shleefa in the northern Bekaa, including plants grown inside homes, and arrested a suspect. The raids came the same week the government appointed the Cannabis Regulatory Authority. They were enforcement, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["eradication"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"lebanon-army-bekaa-raids-2025","sources":[{"title":"Army destroys cannabis fields in North Bekaa (21 August 2025)","url":"https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1474424/army-destroys-cannabis-fields-in-north-bekaa.html","publisher":"L'Orient Today","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"serbia-zemun-cannabis-seizure-2025","code":"CET-38AQJG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/serbia-zemun-cannabis-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/38AQJG/","date":"2025-08-21","country":"rs","country_name":"Serbia","place":null,"coordinates":[44.211,20.806],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Serbia investigates two suspects after a two-tonne cannabis seizure","summary":"Belgrade’s Higher Public Prosecutor said it opened an investigation against two suspects after two tonnes of cannabis packaged for further sale were seized in Zemun. The office later linked its continuing investigation to the five-tonne seizure near Kruševac in January 2026.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"serbia-zemun-cannabis-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Statement of 6 February 2026 on the August investigation","url":"https://beograd.vjt.rs/saopstenja/saopstenje-1051/","publisher":"Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"guinea-kindia-seizure-2025","code":"CET-9BXZXD","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/guinea-kindia-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/9BXZXD/","date":"2025-08-17","country":"gn","country_name":"Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[10.437,-10.935],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Guinea's gendarmes seize 1,725 kg of cannabis in a minibus","summary":"The gendarmerie's research brigade in Kindia intercepted a minibus on the road from Bambaya carrying 1,725 kg of cannabis; the driver abandoned it and was arrested four days later. The operation was part of an anti-drug campaign launched by the prosecutor general at the Conakry court of appeal, and the Kindia prosecutor was informed.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"guinea-kindia-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Kindia: plus de 1725 kg de chanvre indien saisis et présentés à la presse (26 August 2025)","url":"https://guineenews.org/2025/08/26/kindia-plus-de-1725-kg-de-chanvre-indien-saisis-et-presentes-a-la-presse/","publisher":"Guinéenews","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"cambodia-drug-arrests-2025","code":"CET-R1P38R","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cambodia-drug-arrests-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/R1P38R/","date":"2025-08-15","country":"kh","country_name":"Cambodia","place":null,"coordinates":[12.719,104.905],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Cambodia reports nearly 15,000 drug arrests in seven months","summary":"A report by Cambodia's Anti-Drug Department counted 14,977 people arrested for drug offences between January and July 2025, 2.7% more than in the same period a year earlier; 537 of them were foreigners. Seizures included 505 kg of dried cannabis and 12,212 fresh cannabis plants, out of 1.91 tonnes of drugs in all.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"cambodia-drug-arrests-2025","sources":[{"title":"Près de 15 000 arrestations liées à la drogue au Cambodge depuis janvier (8 August 2025)","url":"https://lepetitjournal.com/cambodge/pres-de-15-000-arrestations-liees-la-drogue-au-cambodge-depuis-janvier-419813","publisher":"Lepetitjournal Cambodge","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kazakhstan-zhambyl-wild-cannabis-2025","code":"CET-BD6PCZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kazakhstan-zhambyl-wild-cannabis-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BD6PCZ/","date":"2025-08-15","country":"kz","country_name":"Kazakhstan","place":null,"coordinates":[48.362,67.246],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Zhambyl police cut and burn 3,000 tonnes of wild cannabis","summary":"By mid-August 2025, during the Karasora operation, police in Zhambyl region mowed wild cannabis on 4,394.6 hectares of steppe and burned the cut plants. The regional police put the total weight at more than 3,000 tonnes. The work used agricultural machinery and was part of the annual campaign against harvesting in the Chu valley and nearby areas.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kazakhstan-zhambyl-wild-cannabis-2025","sources":[{"title":"Полиция активно борется с распространением наркотиков в Жамбылской области (15 августа 2025)","url":"https://polisia.kz/ru/politsiya-aktivno-boretsya-s-rasprostraneniem-narkotikov-v-zhambylskoj-oblasti/","publisher":"Polisia.kz","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"japan-record-cannabis-seizure-2025","code":"CET-MA339Q","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/japan-record-cannabis-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MA339Q/","date":"2025-08-13","country":"jp","country_name":"Japan","place":null,"coordinates":[37.461,137.66],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Japan seizes a record tonne of cannabis hidden in a container","summary":"Narcotics agents said on 13 August 2025 that they had seized 1.046 tonnes of dried cannabis, worth about 5.2 billion yen on the street, from a shipping container that had left Vietnam in May and arrived in Japan in June.[@1] It was the largest single seizure of any illegal drug in Japan, and more than twice the 452 kg of herbal cannabis recorded across the country in 2024.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"japan-record-cannabis-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Record 1 ton of cannabis, worth $35 mil., seized in Japan","url":"https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/59168","publisher":"Kyodo News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"libya-misrata-hashish-arrests-2025","code":"CET-5C5GVJ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/libya-misrata-hashish-arrests-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5C5GVJ/","date":"2025-08-10","country":"ly","country_name":"Libya","place":null,"coordinates":[27.017,18.066],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Libyan counter-terrorism forces arrest two men with hashish in Misrata","summary":"Libya's Counter-Terrorism Forces arrested two Nigerian nationals in Misrata on suspicion of drug trafficking, finding hashish, hallucinogenic pills and cash, according to a statement by the monitoring group Migrant Rescue Watch. The case was referred to the public prosecution.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"libya-misrata-hashish-arrests-2025","sources":[{"title":"Libya counter-terrorism forces arrest two Nigerians over drug trafficking (11 August 2025)","url":"https://saharareporters.com/2025/08/11/libya-counter-terrorism-forces-arrest-two-nigerians-over-drug-trafficking","publisher":"Sahara Reporters","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"papua-new-guinea-kokopo-seizure-2025","code":"CET-PC58N2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-kokopo-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PC58N2/","date":"2025-08-06","country":"pg","country_name":"Papua New Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.469,145.201],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Kokopo police find 40 kg of marijuana with police and army uniforms","summary":"Police in Kokopo, East New Britain, seized 40 kg of marijuana in three green bags that also held Papua New Guinea Defence Force and police uniforms. The bags were found in the bush at Bitapabeke and Ulagunan after a group of young people fled; no one was arrested at the time. Police said the suspects' identities were known and appealed for them to surrender.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"papua-new-guinea-kokopo-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Police seize 40kg of marijuana (6 August 2025)","url":"https://www.thenational.com.pg/police-seize-40kg-of-marijuana/","publisher":"The National","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-adliya-cannabis-farm-2025","code":"CET-WSD0DQ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-adliya-cannabis-farm-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/WSD0DQ/","date":"2025-08-02","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bahrain keeps life terms for a six-year cannabis farm","summary":"The High Criminal Appeals Court on 2 August 2025 upheld life sentences for the first two defendants in a cannabis-growing operation run from a rented villa in Adliya, and cut the third defendant's life term to 15 years; a fourth received 10 years and a fifth one year.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-adliya-cannabis-farm-2025","sources":[{"title":"Three sentenced to life in 'cannabis farm' case","url":"https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1354245","publisher":"Gulf Daily News","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Appeals Court Jails Five for Running Secret Marijuana Farm in Bahrain","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/116596.html","publisher":"News of Bahrain","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Five drug dealers arrested","url":"https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1349806","publisher":"Gulf Daily News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"venezuela-falcon-seizure-2025","code":"CET-C9FRY1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/venezuela-falcon-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/C9FRY1/","date":"2025-07-30","country":"ve","country_name":"Venezuela","place":null,"coordinates":[7.122,-66.171],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Venezuela seizes three tonnes of marijuana on a boat in Falcón","summary":"Diosdado Cabello, the vice-president for security, announced the seizure of 3,077 kg of marijuana at Pico de Zamuro in Falcón state. Eight Venezuelans travelling in a boat with five high-powered engines were arrested by the investigative police's anti-drug division.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"venezuela-falcon-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Incautan en norte de Venezuela tres mil 77 kilogramos de marihuana (30 July 2025)","url":"https://www.prensa-latina.cu/2025/07/30/incautan-en-norte-de-venezuela-tres-mil-77-kilogramos-de-marihuana-2/","publisher":"Prensa Latina","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"sao-tome-park-cannabis-arrests-2025","code":"CET-DKHWMQ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sao-tome-park-cannabis-arrests-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/DKHWMQ/","date":"2025-07-29","country":"st","country_name":"São Tomé and Príncipe","place":null,"coordinates":[0.443,6.723],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"São Tomé police arrest three in a park with cannabis and amphetamines","summary":"Judicial police arrested three men in Parque Popular with about 30 grams of liamba, or cannabis, and three doses of amphetamines.[@1] Two were São Toméan and one Portuguese; all were suspected of trafficking, and the judicial authorities imposed bail.[@1] RSTP’s August report quoted a police announcement and recalled the previous year’s raids on cannabis fields and sales points.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trafficking","visitors"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sao-tome-park-cannabis-arrests-2025","sources":[{"title":"PJ apreende 30 gramas de liamba e detém três homens em flagrante em São Tomé","url":"https://rstp.st/2025/08/05/pj-apreende-30-gramas-de-liamba-e-detem-tres-homens-em-flagrante-em-sao-tome/","publisher":"RSTP","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Penal Code republished with the 2021 amendment","url":"https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/sao209843.pdf","publisher":"São Tomé and Príncipe","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Polícia Fiscal do Porto de São Tomé neutraliza entrada de droga no País","url":"https://www.stp-press.st/2017/11/10/policia-fiscal-do-porto-de-sao-tome-neutraliza-entrada-de-droga-no-pais/","publisher":"STP-PRESS","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"tunisia-saliva-drug-test-2025","code":"CET-PSP3TW","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tunisia-saliva-drug-test-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PSP3TW/","date":"2025-07-27","country":"tn","country_name":"Tunisia","place":null,"coordinates":[34.089,9.556],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Tunisia plans saliva tests for drug-driving","summary":"Colonel Sami Saoudi of the National Road Safety Observatory announced on 27 July 2025 that police would get rapid saliva tests for drugs, to be used at road checks and after traffic offences. No start date was given. The device would sit alongside alcohol tests; no THC threshold or separate penalty for cannabis was published.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"tunisia-saliva-drug-test-2025","sources":[{"title":"Tunisia to Launch Saliva-Based Drug Test to Track Drug-Impaired Drivers (27 July 2025)","url":"https://news-tunisia.tunisienumerique.com/tunisia-to-launch-saliva-based-drug-test-to-track-drug-impaired-drivers/","publisher":"Tunisie Numérique","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"mongolia-nightclub-drug-raids-2025","code":"CET-7Y3359","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mongolia-nightclub-drug-raids-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/7Y3359/","date":"2025-07-25","country":"mn","country_name":"Mongolia","place":null,"coordinates":[46.956,103.124],"precision":"country","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"Mongolian police raid nightclubs and test 1,043 people positive","summary":"Police raided nightclubs and bars in Ulaanbaatar from 25 to 27 July 2025 and tested 1,043 people positive for an illicit drug. The campaign followed a rise in drug crime and calls for tougher enforcement. It was an enforcement operation, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"mongolia-nightclub-drug-raids-2025","sources":[{"title":"Mongolia's new challenge: illegal drugs (29 July 2025)","url":"https://thediplomat.com/2025/07/mongolias-new-challenge-illegal-drugs","publisher":"The Diplomat","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"abkhazia-ochamchira-cannabis-plot-2025","code":"CET-XAGNC0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/abkhazia-ochamchira-cannabis-plot-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XAGNC0/","date":"2025-07-20","country":"xa","country_name":"Abkhazia","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police find 15 cannabis plants after stopping a man with a packet","summary":"Police in Ochamchira stopped a 31-year-old local man in July 2025 and found a packet of cannabis on him. He led officers to a plot in the forest near Elyr where he had grown 15 South Krasnodar cannabis plants. A criminal case was opened and he was placed under house arrest. The case shows that a small outdoor plot is prosecuted as a crime, not treated as a minor infraction.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"abkhazia-ochamchira-cannabis-plot-2025","sources":[{"title":"Очамчырец задержан по подозрению в выращивании конопли","url":"https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/20250720/zhitelya-ochamchyry-zaderzhali-po-podozreniyu-v-vyraschivanii-konopli-1056202486.html","publisher":"Sputnik Абхазия","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"libya-taknes-hashish-raid-2025","code":"CET-K7CYR3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/libya-taknes-hashish-raid-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/K7CYR3/","date":"2025-07-19","country":"ly","country_name":"Libya","place":null,"coordinates":[27.017,18.066],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Libyan forces seize five tonnes of hashish and break up a growing network","summary":"Security forces raided a network in the Green Mountain near Taknes, about 127 km east of Benghazi, at dawn on 19 July. They seized five tonnes of hashish and broke up what officials called a cannabis cultivation and processing operation, arresting several people.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"libya-taknes-hashish-raid-2025","sources":[{"title":"Libyan authorities seize 5 tonnes of hashish near Benghazi, 20 July 2025","url":"https://libyareview.com/57528/libyan-authorities-seize-5-tonnes-of-hashish-near-benghazi/","publisher":"Libya Review","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"mongolia-nightclub-assault-2025","code":"CET-24BT49","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mongolia-nightclub-assault-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/24BT49/","date":"2025-07-18","country":"mn","country_name":"Mongolia","place":null,"coordinates":[46.956,103.124],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"A nightclub assault puts drug enforcement in the spotlight","summary":"A fight outside an Ulaanbaatar nightclub on 18 July 2025 left a man badly injured; three suspects were arrested and a fourth, the chief executive of Gobi Cashmere, left the country. The assailants were reported to have been under the influence of illegal drugs, though no drug was named.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"mongolia-nightclub-assault-2025","sources":[{"title":"Mongolia's new challenge: illegal drugs (29 July 2025)","url":"https://thediplomat.com/2025/07/mongolias-new-challenge-illegal-drugs","publisher":"The Diplomat","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"papua-new-guinea-kikori-seizure-2025","code":"CET-SGFBZG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-kikori-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SGFBZG/","date":"2025-07-13","country":"pg","country_name":"Papua New Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.469,145.201],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Kikori police seize 125.6 kg of marijuana bound for Australia","summary":"Gulf police arrested nine people after finding seven bags holding 125.6 kg of marijuana at Kikori on 13 July 2025. Police said the load came from the Southern Highlands and was to be taken by dinghy and road towards Daru and then Australia through Saibai, Cairns and Townsville.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"papua-new-guinea-kikori-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Nine suspects arrested for seven bags of marijuana, says PPC Gulf (17 July 2025)","url":"https://rpngc.gov.pg/nine-suspects-arrested-for-being-in-possession-of-seven-bags-of-marijuana-says-ppc-gulf/","publisher":"Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"oman-drug-cases-2025","code":"CET-GZD1Y0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/oman-drug-cases-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GZD1Y0/","date":"2025-07-13","country":"om","country_name":"Oman","place":null,"coordinates":[20.586,56.062],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Oman's prosecutors count 6,741 drug cases over two years","summary":"The Public Prosecution said 6,741 drug cases were recorded in Oman between 2023 and 2024, with 2024 higher than 2023. Its spokesman named hashish, shabu, heroin and painkillers as the most common drugs and said international networks used social media to recruit young people. The figures cover all drugs, not cannabis alone, and no arrest or conviction breakdown was published.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"oman-drug-cases-2025","sources":[{"title":"Call for Awareness as drug abuse hits a high (13 July 2025)","url":"https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1173442/oman/call-for-awareness-as-drug-abuse-hits-a-high","publisher":"Oman Observer","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"liechtenstein-thc-vape-case-2025","code":"CET-43QGEP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/liechtenstein-thc-vape-case-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/43QGEP/","date":"2025-07-08","country":"li","country_name":"Liechtenstein","place":null,"coordinates":[47.137,9.536],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Liechtenstein court retains a fine after testing imported THC vapes","summary":"After an earlier judgment was partly overturned, testing found 63–65% THC in three sampled vapes from a seized consignment. A combined CHF2,400 fine remained, with CHF600 expert costs; the reported judgment was still open to appeal.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"liechtenstein-thc-vape-case-2025","sources":[{"title":"THC-vape judgment, 8 July 2025","url":"https://landesspiegel.li/2025/07/gutachten-bestaetigt-thc-vapes-waren-illegal/","publisher":"Landesspiegel","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"gibraltar-drug-offences-report-2025","code":"CET-BK6DFN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/gibraltar-drug-offences-report-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BK6DFN/","date":"2025-07-01","country":"gi","country_name":"Gibraltar","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Gibraltar records 169 drug-possession offences in its policing year","summary":"The police authority’s 2024/25 table records 169 possession offences and 22 supply offences across all drugs. Its report describes enforcement ranging from possession fines to prison for trafficking.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"gibraltar-drug-offences-report-2025","sources":[{"title":"Annual report 2024/25","url":"https://www.parliament.gi/uploads/contents/papers_laid/2026/the_annual_report_of_the_gibraltar_police_authority_2024_2025.pdf","publisher":"Gibraltar Police Authority","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kuwait-home-grow-life-sentence-2025","code":"CET-F7FM06","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kuwait-home-grow-life-sentence-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F7FM06/","date":"2025-06-30","country":"kw","country_name":"Kuwait","place":null,"coordinates":[29.333,47.588],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"A Kuwaiti home grow earns a life sentence","summary":"The Criminal Court sentenced a Kuwaiti man to life in prison for growing marijuana in his Salwa apartment and selling it. Police found 45 plants and four kilograms of prepared cannabis, along with 37 kilograms of gold bars and precious metals that investigators treated as proceeds. The sentence was passed under the 1983 drug law, five months before its replacement took effect.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kuwait-home-grow-life-sentence-2025","sources":[{"title":"Kuwaiti man jailed for life for growing drugs at home","url":"https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1357156","publisher":"Gulf Daily News","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":"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":"gambia-dleag-figures-2024","code":"CET-3F3G0K","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/gambia-dleag-figures-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/3F3G0K/","date":"2025-06-27","country":"gm","country_name":"Gambia","place":null,"coordinates":[13.451,-15.396],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"The Gambia's drug agency reports four tonnes of cannabis seized","summary":"The director general of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency reported 1,219 people arrested in 1,208 drug cases in 2024, 1,014 of them Gambians. The agency seized 1.9 tonnes of cannabis sativa and 2.2 tonnes from plantations; cannabis made up 54.7% of all seizures.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"gambia-dleag-figures-2024","sources":[{"title":"Gambians lead in drug abuse cases, says DLEAG DG (27 June 2025)","url":"https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/headlines/gambians-lead-in-drug-abuse-cases-says-dleag-dg","publisher":"The Point","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"myanmar-drug-burning-2025","code":"CET-1XW66N","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/myanmar-drug-burning-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/1XW66N/","date":"2025-06-26","country":"mm","country_name":"Myanmar","place":null,"coordinates":[21.113,96.495],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Myanmar's junta burns a year's seized drugs","summary":"At ceremonies in Yangon, Mandalay and Taunggyi, the home affairs ministry destroyed drugs valued at about 1,072 billion kyats. Among them were over 597 kg of marijuana, beside 1,744 kg of heroin, over 1,334 kg of opium, over 8,573 kg of ketamine and 281 million methamphetamine tablets. The drugs had been seized between 1 June 2024 and 31 May 2025.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"myanmar-drug-burning-2025","sources":[{"title":"report on the 26 June 2025 drug destruction ceremonies (27 June 2025)","url":"https://english.dvb.no/?p=108014","publisher":"DVB English","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"brunei-cannabis-couriers-2025","code":"CET-DMAVFZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/brunei-cannabis-couriers-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/DMAVFZ/","date":"2025-06-19","country":"bn","country_name":"Brunei","place":null,"coordinates":[4.52,114.722],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Brunei arrests five cannabis couriers who flew to Europe","summary":"Five Bruneian men aged 22 to 38 were arrested for carrying 68 kg of cannabis to Europe through third countries, earning about B$21,000. They used modified luggage, and the case showed Brunei acting as a courier source rather than only a consumer market. The arrests were an enforcement action, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"brunei-cannabis-couriers-2025","sources":[{"title":"Five Bruneians arrested for role in international drug syndicate (19 June 2025)","url":"https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2025/06/19/five-bruneians-arrested-for-role-in-international-drug-syndicate","publisher":"The Star","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"papua-new-guinea-airport-smuggling-2025","code":"CET-RWP776","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-airport-smuggling-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/RWP776/","date":"2025-06-19","country":"pg","country_name":"Papua New Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.469,145.201],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police trace marijuana smuggled through Port Moresby airport","summary":"Police reported arresting a couple and a taxi driver from Hela with 13 kg of marijuana that had arrived from the Highlands, and finding about 10 kg left unattended after a flight from Tapini. They were also investigating more than eight bags that arrived on an Air Sanga flight in May and disappeared from the terminal with the help of airport and police officers.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"papua-new-guinea-airport-smuggling-2025","sources":[{"title":"Marijuana freely transported from airline companies under investigation (20 June 2025)","url":"https://rpngc.gov.pg/marijuana-freely-transported-from-airline-companies-under-investigation/","publisher":"Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"honduras-marijuana-fields-2025","code":"CET-A5PH6T","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/honduras-marijuana-fields-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/A5PH6T/","date":"2025-06-16","country":"hn","country_name":"Honduras","place":null,"coordinates":[14.829,-86.618],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Honduras's army reports 180,000 marijuana plants seized in half a year","summary":"The Honduran armed forces said they had secured 13 illegal marijuana fields with about 180,000 plants so far in 2025, beside 37 coca plantations with more than 770,000 bushes. The latest marijuana field, at Tocoa in Colón, held about 36,000 plants on eight manzanas.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["military"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"honduras-marijuana-fields-2025","sources":[{"title":"Confiscan en Honduras casi 80 mil arbustos de coca y marihuana (16 June 2025)","url":"https://www.prensa-latina.cu/2025/06/16/confiscan-en-honduras-casi-80-mil-arbustos-de-coca-y-marihuana/","publisher":"Prensa Latina","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"malta-odour-enforcement-2025","code":"CET-A0TTFZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/malta-odour-enforcement-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/A0TTFZ/","date":"2025-06-16","country":"mt","country_name":"Malta","place":null,"coordinates":[35.922,14.405],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Malta's cannabis authority starts handling odour complaints","summary":"After the May amendments took effect, the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis opened a freephone line for complaints about cannabis smells from private homes. Complaints must be signed and say where the smell comes from; officers first advise, then enforce the €235 fine if the nuisance continues.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"malta-odour-enforcement-2025","sources":[{"title":"ARUC begins carrying out enforcement work following legal amendments (16 June 2025)","url":"https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/135458/aruc_begins_carrying_out_enforcement_work_following_legal_amendments_","publisher":"MaltaToday","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Cannabis odour law practically unenforceable, police commissioner suggests (20 May 2025)","url":"https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/xtra/135049/cannabis_odour_law_practically_unenforceable_police_commissioner_suggests","publisher":"MaltaToday","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"china-beijing-airport-cannabis-2025","code":"CET-CRC6HK","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/china-beijing-airport-cannabis-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CRC6HK/","date":"2025-06-15","country":"cn","country_name":"China","place":null,"coordinates":[36.691,103.378],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"70 kg of cannabis found in transit luggage at Beijing airport","summary":"In June 2025 customs officers at Beijing Capital International Airport found 70.83 kg of cannabis in four suitcases belonging to two foreign passengers who were transiting to a third country. Both were convicted of drug smuggling and sentenced to eight and four years in prison, with fines and deportation.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"china-beijing-airport-cannabis-2025","sources":[{"title":"“借道”中国转运70公斤毒品，2名外籍过境人员被判刑（2026年8月16日）","url":"https://m.guancha.cn/internation/2026_08_16_827492.shtml","publisher":"观察者网","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"syria-aleppo-hashish-800kg-2025","code":"CET-NAW6AF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/syria-aleppo-hashish-800kg-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NAW6AF/","date":"2025-06-09","country":"sy","country_name":"Syria","place":null,"coordinates":[35.019,38.488],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Aleppo anti-narcotics seize 800 kg of hashish","summary":"The anti-narcotics branch in Aleppo arrested two Lebanese nationals and seized about 800 kilograms of hashish and 200,000 narcotic pills. The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration said the men were trying to smuggle the shipment and that the drugs would be destroyed. It was one of the largest cannabis seizures reported since the fall of Assad.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"syria-aleppo-hashish-800kg-2025","sources":[{"title":"القبض على مهربين لبنانيين وضبط 800 كغ حشيش و200 ألف حبة مخدرة بحوزتهما (9 June 2025)","url":"https://sana.sy/locals/2230245/","publisher":"SANA","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"syria-transitional-government-drugs-2025","code":"CET-RJT2YD","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/syria-transitional-government-drugs-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/RJT2YD/","date":"2025-06-06","country":"sy","country_name":"Syria","place":null,"coordinates":[35.019,38.488],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Syria's new government says the drug factories are gone","summary":"Six months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the interior minister, Anas Khattab, said every Captagon laboratory in the country had been dismantled. In the weeks after the collapse the security forces had destroyed about 100 million pills and about 15 tonnes of hashish. He named treatment and rehabilitation of addicts as the next priority.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"syria-transitional-government-drugs-2025","sources":[{"title":"Syria moves to end Captagon empire built under Assad (6 June 2025)","url":"https://www.occrp.org/en/news/syria-moves-to-end-captagon-empire-built-under-assad","publisher":"OCCRP","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"timor-leste-cannabis-case-trial-2025","code":"CET-41V3W3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-cannabis-case-trial-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/41V3W3/","date":"2025-05-30","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Timor-Leste's 2022 cannabis case reaches court after nearly three years","summary":"The Dili court began the pre-trial debate in the case against 13 defendants charged after the 12 August 2022 raids; nine appeared and four were abroad. The 2022 seizure included hashish, hashish chocolate and 0.50 g of methamphetamine, with $4,139.25 in cash. Witnesses described the intelligence-led raids and disputed who had detained the first five suspects.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-cannabis-case-trial-2025","sources":[{"title":"«Tribunál hahú halo debate instrusaun ba kazu droga ne’ebé envolve husi arguidu na’in-13», 2 June 2025","url":"https://tatoli.tl/2025/06/02/tribunal-hahu-halo-debate-instrusaun-ba-kazu-droga-neebe-envolve-husi-arguidu-nain-13/","publisher":"TATOLI","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"«TDD julga arguidu na’in-sia ba kazu tráfiku no atividade ilísita», 14 August 2022","url":"https://tatoli.tl/2022/08/14/deskofia-komete-aktu-ilisitu-ba-droga-arguidu-nain-sia-submete-ba-interrogatoriu-dahuluk/","publisher":"TATOLI","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"laos-wattay-cannabis-seizure-2025","code":"CET-CRKSK4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/laos-wattay-cannabis-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CRKSK4/","date":"2025-05-27","country":"la","country_name":"Laos","place":null,"coordinates":[18.487,103.775],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Laos seizes 86 kg of cannabis at Wattay airport","summary":"Three Malaysians aged 25 to 29 were arrested at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane with 86 kg of cannabis in 103 packages, concealed in suitcases and bound for Germany. The case was one of the few cannabis-specific airport seizures reported in 2025.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"laos-wattay-cannabis-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"3 Malaysians nabbed in Laos for suspected drug trafficking (12 June 2025)","url":"https://www.freemalaysiatimes.com/category/nation/2025/06/12/3-msians-nabbed-in-laos-for-suspected-drug-trafficking/","publisher":"Free Malaysia Today","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bhutan-cannabis-uprooting-2025","code":"CET-CCQ38V","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bhutan-cannabis-uprooting-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CCQ38V/","date":"2025-05-24","country":"bt","country_name":"Bhutan","place":null,"coordinates":[27.412,90.402],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Bhutan uproots wild cannabis nationwide","summary":"The Royal Bhutan Police began a nationwide cannabis uprooting campaign across all twenty dzongkhags in May 2025, starting with Thimphu. The force reported 13.15 kg of cannabis leaves, 1.26 kg of hashish and 337 plants seized in 2024, and 225 cannabis-abuse cases against 197 in 2023. The campaign was enforcement, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bhutan-cannabis-uprooting-2025","sources":[{"title":"RBP initiates nationwide cannabis uprooting campaign to curb substance use (24 May 2025)","url":"https://thebhutanese.bt/rbp-initiates-nationwide-cannabis-uprooting-campaign-to-curb-substance-use/","publisher":"The Bhutanese","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"afghanistan-hashish-trafficking-sentences-2025","code":"CET-60J25J","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/afghanistan-hashish-trafficking-sentences-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/60J25J/","date":"2025-05-24","country":"af","country_name":"Afghanistan","place":null,"coordinates":[33.819,65.926],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Taliban court gives hashish traffickers prison and lashes","summary":"A Taliban court sentences eleven people for trafficking hashish and narcotic tablets to between seven months and three and a half years in prison, plus ten to thirty-nine lashes.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"afghanistan-hashish-trafficking-sentences-2025","sources":[{"title":"Taliban court sentences eleven people for hashish and tablet trafficking (24 May 2025)","url":"https://afghanistanjustice.org/decrees/dec3-05242025-b/","publisher":"Afghanistan Justice Archive","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"papua-new-guinea-kiunga-seizure-2025","code":"CET-B33YW0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-kiunga-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/B33YW0/","date":"2025-05-23","country":"pg","country_name":"Papua New Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.469,145.201],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Kiunga police seize 18 kg of marijuana sent by mail","summary":"Police in Kiunga, Western Province, arrested two men from Western Highlands after finding about 18 kg of dried marijuana in two boxes at Rubber Corner. The boxes had been sent by Mail Express from Mount Hagen via Port Moresby; police put the street value at K90,000–100,000. Both were charged under section 3(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"papua-new-guinea-kiunga-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Two suspects arrested and charged for possession of marijuana (27 May 2025)","url":"https://rpngc.gov.pg/two-suspects-arrested-charged-for-in-possession-of-marijuana-drugs/","publisher":"Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"qatar-hamad-airport-hashish-2025","code":"CET-4738S9","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/qatar-hamad-airport-hashish-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/4738S9/","date":"2025-05-23","country":"qa","country_name":"Qatar","place":null,"coordinates":[25.305,51.184],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Qatar customs find 6 kg of hashish in car parts","summary":"Customs officers at Hamad International Airport found 6 kilograms of hashish and 1 kilogram of heroin hidden in automotive spare parts in a passenger's luggage. The General Authority of Customs said the drugs were seized and legal proceedings began. The seizure was announced on 23 May 2025.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"qatar-hamad-airport-hashish-2025","sources":[{"title":"Hamad International Airport Customs foil an attempt to smuggle 1 kg of heroin and 6 kgs of hashish (23 May 2025)","url":"https://www.qatarliving.com/en/article/hamad-international-airport-customs-foil-attempt-smuggle-1-kg-heroin-6-kgs-hashish","publisher":"Qatar Living","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"thailand-smuggling-warning-2025","code":"CET-CP36JX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/thailand-smuggling-warning-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CP36JX/","date":"2025-05-21","country":"th","country_name":"Thailand","place":null,"coordinates":[15.083,101.001],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Thailand warns tourists against taking cannabis out of the country","summary":"As cases of travellers smuggling cannabis rose, the health minister, Somsak Thepsutin, said it was against Thai law to take cannabis out of the country without permission from the authorities, and that shops would soon be allowed to sell only to customers with a prescription. In March 375 kg had been seized in 22 suitcases at Samui airport and 13 foreigners arrested.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["visitors"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"thailand-smuggling-warning-2025","sources":[{"title":"Thailand vows tighter controls of cannabis as smuggling cases among tourists soar (21 May 2025)","url":"https://www.euronews.com/2025/05/21/thailand-vows-tighter-controls-of-cannabis-as-smuggling-cases-among-tourists-soar","publisher":"Euronews (with AP)","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"nepal-thai-cannabis-airport-2025","code":"CET-VG2B4N","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nepal-thai-cannabis-airport-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VG2B4N/","date":"2025-05-20","country":"np","country_name":"Nepal","place":null,"coordinates":[28.258,83.947],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Thai cannabis turns Kathmandu airport into a transit route","summary":"In the year to mid-April 2025, police seized 114.8 kg of cannabis at Tribhuvan International Airport, up from 540 grams the year before and 36 grams in 2022. Most came in suitcases on flights from Thailand, where legalisation had made strong indoor-grown cannabis easy to buy, and investigators said the destination was India.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"nepal-thai-cannabis-airport-2025","sources":[{"title":"Nepal's airport, India's market, Thailand's supply: Inside a South Asian Thai cannabis smuggling nexus (20 May 2025)","url":"https://english.onlinekhabar.com/thai-cannabis-smuggling-nexus.html","publisher":"Onlinekhabar","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"turkey-diyarbakir-cannabis-raid-2025","code":"CET-4K4V69","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/turkey-diyarbakir-cannabis-raid-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/4K4V69/","date":"2025-05-20","country":"tr","country_name":"Türkiye","place":null,"coordinates":[39.137,35.173],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Türkiye destroys 7.5 million cannabis plants in Diyarbakır","summary":"Governor-led teams raided cannabis fields in seven districts of Diyarbakır with 2,212 personnel, a helicopter and drones, destroying 7,543,818 cannabis and skunk plants. The governor's office said the plants could have produced 174 tonnes of hashish, and eight people were detained. The operation was one of the largest in the southeast, where most illegal cannabis cultivation is found.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"turkey-diyarbakir-cannabis-raid-2025","sources":[{"title":"174 ton toz esrar ele geçirildi, 8 zehir taciri yakalandı (20 May 2025)","url":"https://adagazetesi.com.tr/174-ton-toz-esrar-ele-gecirildi-8-zehir-taciri-yakalandi-kirmizi-bultenle-aranan-4-suclu-turkiyeye-iade-edildi.html","publisher":"Ada Gazetesi","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kiribati-takoronga-cannabis-raid-2025","code":"CET-RM805Q","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kiribati-takoronga-cannabis-raid-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/RM805Q/","date":"2025-05-19","country":"ki","country_name":"Kiribati","place":null,"coordinates":[0.893,-167.922],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Kiribati police find a second cannabis plantation in Tarawa","summary":"Police found a cannabis plantation about two metres high near the clinic at Takoronga, Tarawa, arrested and cautioned a suspect, and described it as the second drug bust of 2025. The first was at Abatao on 28 April.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kiribati-takoronga-cannabis-raid-2025","sources":[{"title":"Takoronga cannabis raid (29 May 2025)","url":"https://www.facebook.com/kiribatipolice/posts/1174974514657151/","publisher":"Kiribati Police Service","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"tajikistan-hashish-seizure-2025","code":"CET-6170AV","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tajikistan-hashish-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6170AV/","date":"2025-05-13","country":"tj","country_name":"Tajikistan","place":null,"coordinates":[38.537,71.027],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Dushanbe police seize 16 kg of hashish and opium from a delivery group","summary":"Police stopped three men transporting 16 kg of hashish and opium into Dushanbe and opened a case under part 4 of Article 200, the especially-large supply offence. The men were held in custody while police looked for their supply chain. The offence carries 12–20 years in prison.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"tajikistan-hashish-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"В Душанбе задержана группа наркоторговцев с 16 кг гашиша и афиона","url":"https://avesta.tj/2025/05/13/v-dushanbe-zaderzhana-gruppa-narkotorgovtsev-s-16-kg-gashisha-i-afiona/","publisher":"Авеста","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kiribati-abatao-cannabis-raid-2025","code":"CET-P5FBNE","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kiribati-abatao-cannabis-raid-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/P5FBNE/","date":"2025-04-28","country":"ki","country_name":"Kiribati","place":null,"coordinates":[0.893,-167.922],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Kiribati police find a two-metre cannabis plant at Abatao","summary":"Police found a cannabis plant almost two metres high at Abatao, Tarawa, arrested a suspect and asked the public for information. It was the first cannabis raid reported in 2025.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kiribati-abatao-cannabis-raid-2025","sources":[{"title":"Abatao cannabis raid (28 April 2025)","url":"https://www.facebook.com/kiribatipolice/posts/1151493030338633/","publisher":"Kiribati Police Service","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"monaco-pensioner-cannabis-cbd-conviction-2025","code":"CET-772DC7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/monaco-pensioner-cannabis-cbd-conviction-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/772DC7/","date":"2025-04-22","country":"mc","country_name":"Monaco","place":null,"coordinates":[43.753,7.407],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"A Monaco court convicts a pensioner over 15 g of cannabis and CBD products","summary":"A Monegasque man born in 1956, with a clean record, was tried for possession and use of narcotics after a search of his home found 15.62 g of cannabis, a CBD spray and CBD chewing gum. The prosecutor cited a ministerial order banning cannabis and its derivatives, including CBD, even at low THC levels, and asked for three months suspended.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","cbd"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"monaco-pensioner-cannabis-cbd-conviction-2025","sources":[{"title":"Un retraité jugé pour détention de cannabis et produits à base de CBD (24 April 2025)","url":"https://www.monaco-tribune.com/2025/04/un-retraite-juge-pour-detention-de-cannabis-et-produits-a-base-de-cbd/","publisher":"Monaco Tribune","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"libya-cannabis-seeds-life-sentence-2025","code":"CET-8GEZE8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/libya-cannabis-seeds-life-sentence-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8GEZE8/","date":"2025-04-15","country":"ly","country_name":"Libya","place":null,"coordinates":[27.017,18.066],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Tripoli court jails a man for life over imported cannabis seeds","summary":"The Tripoli Criminal Court sentenced a man to life imprisonment for importing cannabis seeds with customs documents that falsely described the goods. It fined him 40,000 dinars and permanently stripped him of his civil rights. The charge was importing the seeds, not growing plants.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"libya-cannabis-seeds-life-sentence-2025","sources":[{"title":"Tripoli Criminal Court sentences drug smuggler to life imprisonment, 16 April 2025","url":"https://libyaherald.com/2025/04/tripoli-criminal-court-sentences-drug-smuggler-to-life-imprisonment/","publisher":"Libya Herald","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"brunei-drug-arrests-2024","code":"CET-TPVYNQ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/brunei-drug-arrests-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TPVYNQ/","date":"2025-04-14","country":"bn","country_name":"Brunei","place":null,"coordinates":[4.52,114.722],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Brunei records 777 drug arrests as meth seizures surge","summary":"Brunei recorded 777 drug arrests in 2024, up from 711 in 2023; 641 were men, 136 women, and 645 were locals. Methamphetamine seizures rose above 40 kg, while UNODC recorded 2.6 kg of herbal cannabis seized against 6.3 kg in 2023. No cannabis-specific arrest count was published.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"brunei-drug-arrests-2024","sources":[{"title":"Brunei reports 777 drug arrests in 2024 (15 April 2025)","url":"https://english.news.cn/20250415/bc1a2906564245bf985e4161cbe14760/c.html","publisher":"Xinhua","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Drug seizures","url":"https://data.unodc.org/datareport/drug-seizure","publisher":"UNODC Data Portal","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-public-prosecution-drug-cases-2024","code":"CET-SXWAJP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-public-prosecution-drug-cases-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SXWAJP/","date":"2025-04-14","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Palestinian prosecutors handled 1,396 drug cases in 2024","summary":"The Palestinian Public Prosecution's 2024 annual report said it opened investigations into 1,396 drug cases and resolved 97% of them. The report covers the areas under PA jurisdiction; Gaza's courts were outside the PA system and largely closed by the war.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-public-prosecution-drug-cases-2024","sources":[{"title":"Public Prosecution issues its 15th annual report for 2024, 14 April 2025","url":"https://wafa.ps/Pages/Details/119026","publisher":"WAFA","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"madagascar-ihosy-seizure-2025","code":"CET-N4ZN6D","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/madagascar-ihosy-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/N4ZN6D/","date":"2025-04-08","country":"mg","country_name":"Madagascar","place":null,"coordinates":[-19.317,46.743],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Gendarmes seize 350 kg at Ihosy after traffickers flee","summary":"Gendarmes and soldiers seized 350.06 kg of cannabis in 25 sacks at Sahambano forest, Ihosy, after traffickers opened fire and fled. Local police seized another 52 kg. No arrests were reported.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"madagascar-ihosy-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Ihosy: trois cent cinquante kilos de cannabis saisis (15 April 2025)","url":"https://www.lexpress.mg/2025/04/ihosy-trois-cent-cinquante-kilos-de.html","publisher":"L'Express de Madagascar","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"cameroon-noun-seizure-2025","code":"CET-046QVT","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cameroon-noun-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/046QVT/","date":"2025-03-26","country":"cm","country_name":"Cameroon","place":null,"coordinates":[5.681,12.734],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Cameroon's gendarmes find 50 sacks of cannabis in a soap lorry","summary":"Gendarmes of the Njimom brigade stopped a lorry at the Manki checkpoint in the Noun department of the West region and found 50 sacks of cannabis hidden among cartons of soap. The driver and two other men were detained, and the defence ministry said they and the cargo would be handed to the courts.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"cameroon-noun-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"La gendarmerie intercepte 50 sacs de chanvre indien dans le Noun (29 March 2025)","url":"https://fr.journalducameroun.com/lutte-contre-le-trafic-de-stupefiants-la-gendarmerie-intercepte-50-sacs-de-chanvre-indien-dans-le-noun/","publisher":"Journal du Cameroun","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"singapore-2025-cavenagh-cannabis-seizure","code":"CET-CCGDVD","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/singapore-2025-cavenagh-cannabis-seizure/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CCGDVD/","date":"2025-03-19","country":"sg","country_name":"Singapore","place":null,"coordinates":[1.359,103.817],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"CNB finds 6.9 kg of cannabis in a Cavenagh Road flat","summary":"On 19 March 2025 narcotics officers forced entry to a private flat near Cavenagh Road and found about 6,885 g of cannabis in the bedroom where a 26-year-old Singaporean man was arrested.[@1] They also seized 'Ice', ketamine, Ecstasy, LSD stamps and GHB, and a further 25 g of cannabis in his car.[@1] CNB valued the cannabis at more than S$184,000 and said it could feed about 1,040 abusers for a…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"singapore-2025-cavenagh-cannabis-seizure","sources":[{"title":"Large amount of Cannabis seized; seizure could feed 1,040 abusers for a week (21 March 2025)","url":"https://www.cnb.gov.sg/mediaroom/news/large-amount-of-cannabis-seized-seizure-could-feed-1-040-abusers-for-a-week/","publisher":"Central Narcotics Bureau","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"turkmenistan-heroin-seizure-2025","code":"CET-DNF8YM","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/turkmenistan-heroin-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/DNF8YM/","date":"2025-03-13","country":"tm","country_name":"Turkmenistan","place":null,"coordinates":[39.125,59.447],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Turkmen border guards find 15 kg of Afghan heroin with a shepherd","summary":"Border guards on the Afghan frontier in Mary region found 15 kg of heroin hidden in a shepherd's animal feed during a search on 13 March 2025. The shepherd said he was to move the drugs to Ahal and Dashoguz regions and refused to name his accomplices. The case was reported on 27 March; it involved heroin, not cannabis, and showed the border service's role in interdicting Afghan opiates.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"turkmenistan-heroin-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"У пастуха в Марыйском велаяте нашли 15 кг героина из Афганистана (Хроника Туркменистана)","url":"https://www.hronikatm.com/2025/03/15-kilograms-of-heroin-from-afghanistan-found-in-a-shepherd-in-mary-province/","publisher":"hronikatm.com","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"solomon-islands-choiseul-cultivation-charges-2025","code":"CET-MZXNBC","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/solomon-islands-choiseul-cultivation-charges-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MZXNBC/","date":"2025-03-06","country":"sb","country_name":"Solomon Islands","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.922,159.62],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Choiseul police charge a grower under both cannabis offences","summary":"Police at Taro in Choiseul arrested a 27-year-old man on 6 March 2025 and charged him with growing prohibited plants under section 8(a) and possessing a dangerous drug under section 8(b) of the Dangerous Drugs Act. Officers uprooted his plants and found cannabis on him at the arrest. The case shows both limbs of the 1941 law being used against a small grower.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"solomon-islands-choiseul-cultivation-charges-2025","sources":[{"title":"27-yr-old male arrested for planting marijuana in Choiseul","url":"https://www.rsipf.gov.sb/?q=node/3255","publisher":"Royal Solomon Islands Police Force","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"niger-konni-seizure-2025","code":"CET-YH0BD6","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/niger-konni-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/YH0BD6/","date":"2025-02-22","country":"ne","country_name":"Niger","place":null,"coordinates":[17.412,9.332],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Niger's anti-drug office seizes cannabis hidden in peanuts","summary":"The Konni unit of the anti-drug office OCRTIS found 80 bricks of cannabis weighing 72.325 kg in sacks of peanuts at the Tchérassa checkpoint. The load had come from Kalmalo in Nigeria and was bound for Dan Issa and Maradi. Three people were arrested for international trafficking of high-risk drugs.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trafficking","trade"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"niger-konni-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Niger: saisie exceptionnelle de 80 briques de drogue d'un poids total de 72,325 kg (4 March 2025)","url":"https://yop.l-frii.com/niger-saisie-exceptionnelle-de-80-briques-de-drogue-dun-poids-total-de-72325-kg/","publisher":"L-Frii","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"french-polynesia-matai-rorofai-2025","code":"CET-EWXKZ0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/french-polynesia-matai-rorofai-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EWXKZ0/","date":"2025-02-17","country":"pf","country_name":"French Polynesia","place":null,"coordinates":[-14.728,-144.805],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"French Polynesia's Matai Rorofai operation destroys 7,419 plants","summary":"A two-week operation across the territory ended with 7,419 cannabis plants destroyed, 17.2 kg of herb, 31.57 g of ice and 80 ecstasy tablets seized, and 15.7 million XFP in assets. Police implicated 395 people and held 45 in custody. It was an enforcement operation, not a change in the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"french-polynesia-matai-rorofai-2025","sources":[{"title":"Coup de filet historique à Matai Rorofai (18 February 2025)","url":"https://www.tahitipresse.pf/2025/02/coup-de-filet-historique-a-matai-rorofai-7400-pieds-de-cannabis-detruits-en-15-jours/","publisher":"Tahiti Presse","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"syria-border-hashish-factories-2025","code":"CET-VZDYDA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/syria-border-hashish-factories-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VZDYDA/","date":"2025-02-10","country":"sy","country_name":"Syria","place":null,"coordinates":[35.019,38.488],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Syria's new border force finds hashish factories on the Lebanese border","summary":"The commander of Syria's western border region said his forces had found numerous hashish farms, warehouses and processing and packing workshops during a sweep of villages along the Lebanese border. He said the area had been the economic artery of armed smuggling gangs and that the former regime had turned the border into a drug corridor.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"syria-border-hashish-factories-2025","sources":[{"title":"قائد المنطقة الغربية بإدارة أمن الحدود: ضبطنا عدداً كبيراً من معامل صناعة الحشيش وحبوب الكبتاغون (10 February 2025)","url":"https://sana.sy/locals/2188862/","publisher":"SANA","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"tajikistan-drug-market-2024","code":"CET-5B376G","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tajikistan-drug-market-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5B376G/","date":"2025-02-06","country":"tj","country_name":"Tajikistan","place":null,"coordinates":[38.537,71.027],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Tajikistan's 2024 drug haul falls as synthetics take over","summary":"The Drug Control Agency reported that law enforcement seized about 4.3 tonnes of drugs in 2024, 901 kg less than in 2023. Seizures of plant-based drugs fell by more than 900 kg, while psychotropic substances rose to 101 kg, 59% more than the year before. The agency said traffickers were shifting from cannabis and opium toward methamphetamine and other synthetics.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"tajikistan-drug-market-2024","sources":[{"title":"«Экстази вместо конопли и гашиша»: закончилась ли эпоха натуральных наркотиков?","url":"https://tj.sputniknews.ru/20250206/ekstazi-konoplya-gashish-epokha-narkotiki-1066137005.html","publisher":"Sputnik Таджикистан","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"malaysia-cannabis-life-sentence-2025","code":"CET-B0TA8F","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/malaysia-cannabis-life-sentence-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/B0TA8F/","date":"2025-01-07","country":"my","country_name":"Malaysia","place":null,"coordinates":[3.811,109.7],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Malaysia jails three men for life over 707 g of cannabis","summary":"The Kuala Lumpur High Court sentenced a former air steward and two other men to life imprisonment and 18 strokes of the cane for trafficking 707.05 g of cannabis and cultivating plants. The trafficking charge carried 12 strokes and the cultivation charge six, to run concurrently from their arrest in December 2021.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"malaysia-cannabis-life-sentence-2025","sources":[{"title":"KL High Court hands life sentences to trio convicted of drug trafficking and cultivating cannabis (7 January 2025)","url":"https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2025/01/07/kl-high-court-hands-life-sentences-to-trio-convicted-of-drug-trafficking-and-cultivating-cannabis/162362","publisher":"Malay Mail","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023 (Act 846)","url":"https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputaktap/1826840_BI/Akta%20846%20BI.pdf","publisher":"Malaysia","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"jordan-drug-seizures-2024","code":"CET-1KV7VS","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jordan-drug-seizures-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/1KV7VS/","date":"2025-01-06","country":"jo","country_name":"Jordan","place":null,"coordinates":[31.239,36.757],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Jordan seizes three tonnes of hashish in 2024","summary":"The Anti-Narcotics Department reported 25,260 drug cases involving 38,782 people in 2024. It seized 3,000 kg of hashish, 262 kg of marijuana and 27.5 million Captagon pills, and 744 people entered rehabilitation. The figures cover all drugs, not cannabis alone.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"jordan-drug-seizures-2024","sources":[{"title":"Over 38,000 arrests: Anti-Narcotics Department in Jordan releases annual report (2025)","url":"https://en.royanews.tv/news/56594/Over-38,000-arrests:-Anti-Narcotics-Department-in-Jordan-releases-annual-report","publisher":"Roya News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"tonga-hauloto-drug-arrests-2025","code":"CET-H2FAQS","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tonga-hauloto-drug-arrests-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/H2FAQS/","date":"2025-01-06","country":"to","country_name":"Tonga","place":null,"coordinates":[-20.416,-174.8],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Tonga police arrest six people with small amounts of cannabis and methamphetamine","summary":"In two raids on a bush allotment at Hauloto on 2 and 6 January 2025, Tonga Police arrested six people. In the first they seized 21 packs of cannabis weighing 8.17 g and five packs of methamphetamine; in the second, two packs of cannabis weighing 1.54 g and 27 packs of methamphetamine.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"tonga-hauloto-drug-arrests-2025","sources":[{"title":"Tongatapu couple among six arrested with meth, cannabis (9 January 2025)","url":"https://kanivatonga.co.nz/2025/01/tongatapu-couple-among-six-arrested-with-meth-cannabis/","publisher":"Kaniva Tonga","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"libya-anti-narcotics-2024-report","code":"CET-36ZRMB","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/libya-anti-narcotics-2024-report/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/36ZRMB/","date":"2025-01-04","country":"ly","country_name":"Libya","place":null,"coordinates":[27.017,18.066],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Libya's anti-narcotics agency reports a pill-heavy 2024","summary":"The eastern-based Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Agency reported seizing 8,051,317 pills, 759.6 kg of cocaine and 1.7 kg of heroin in 2024, with a total value of about 620 million dinars. It also listed 2,073 arrests and just 951 grams of hashish. Pills and cocaine dominated the published haul.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"libya-anti-narcotics-2024-report","sources":[{"title":"Anti-narcotics agency statistics for 2024, 4 January 2025 (Arabic)","url":"https://www.lananews.com/ar/?p=392937","publisher":"Libyan News Agency","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"oman-sea-drug-haul-2024","code":"CET-P12F4N","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/oman-sea-drug-haul-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/P12F4N/","date":"2024-12-29","country":"om","country_name":"Oman","place":null,"coordinates":[20.586,56.062],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Oman police seize 75 kg of mixed drugs smuggled by sea","summary":"The Royal Oman Police arrested two people and seized more than 75 kilograms of drugs, including crystal meth, hashish, marijuana and psychotropic tablets, in a shipment smuggled by sea, the force said on 29 December 2024. The statement did not split the haul by drug or name the vessel's origin. It showed cannabis resin and herb moving alongside methamphetamine and tablets in the same shipment.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"oman-sea-drug-haul-2024","sources":[{"title":"Authorities seize over 75 kg of drugs smuggled by sea in Oman (29 December 2024)","url":"https://www.thearabianstories.com/2024/12/29/authorities-seize-over-75-kg-of-drugs-smuggled-by-sea-in-oman/","publisher":"The Arabian Stories","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"vietnam-crypto-cannabis-ring-2024","code":"CET-HE382F","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/vietnam-crypto-cannabis-ring-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HE382F/","date":"2024-12-20","country":"vn","country_name":"Vietnam","place":null,"coordinates":[16.544,106.346],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Vietnam breaks up a crypto-paid cannabis ring and seizes 550 kg","summary":"Anti-narcotics police announced on 20 December 2024 that they had broken up a cannabis ring that took payment through unverified bank accounts and cryptocurrency. Ten people were arrested and 550 kg of dried cannabis and 10 kg of resin were seized, along with packaging disguised as tea and food. The ringleader told police he had arranged seven shipments, about two tonnes, in two months.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"vietnam-crypto-cannabis-ring-2024","sources":[{"title":"Drug ring using cryptocurrency dismantled; over half a ton of marijuana seized","url":"https://vietnamnet.vn/en/drug-ring-using-cryptocurrency-dismantled-over-half-a-ton-of-marijuana-seized-2354590.html","publisher":"vietnamnet.vn","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bolivia-marijuana-seizures-2024","code":"CET-V75V9Y","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bolivia-marijuana-seizures-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/V75V9Y/","date":"2024-12-18","country":"bo","country_name":"Bolivia","place":null,"coordinates":[-16.682,-64.698],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bolivia reports 1,269 tonnes of marijuana seized in four years","summary":"Government minister Eduardo Del Castillo reported that the anti-narcotics force Felcn had seized about 1,269 tonnes of marijuana and 139 tonnes of cocaine between November 2020 and December 2024, and that 13,359 people had been arrested for drug trafficking in that time.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bolivia-marijuana-seizures-2024","sources":[{"title":"Gobierno destaca que en 1.500 días de gestión se incautó 139 toneladas de cocaína y 1.269 toneladas de marihuana (19 December 2024)","url":"https://eju.tv/2024/12/gobierno-destaca-que-en-1-500-dias-de-gestion-se-incauto-139-toneladas-de-cocaina-y-1-269-toneladas-de-marihuana/","publisher":"eju.tv","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"uae-cannabis-life-sentence-2024","code":"CET-8WXVX7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/uae-cannabis-life-sentence-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8WXVX7/","date":"2024-12-15","country":"ae","country_name":"United Arab Emirates","place":null,"coordinates":[23.905,54.293],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Dubai jails a cannabis supplier for life over 193 grams","summary":"Dubai's criminal court sentenced a 35-year-old Bangladeshi man to life in prison, 25 years under UAE law, for trafficking cannabis after police found 193.13 grams in his flat and WhatsApp messages about sales. He had been caught in a sting in Al Nahda after a Sudanese buyer led investigators to him.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"uae-cannabis-life-sentence-2024","sources":[{"title":"Dubai: Drug supplier sentenced to life in prison after chain of arrests (5 December 2024)","url":"https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/crime/dubai-drug-supplier-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-after-chain-of-arrests","publisher":"Khaleej Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"congo-owando-cannabis-arrests-2024","code":"CET-A79BXR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/congo-owando-cannabis-arrests-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/A79BXR/","date":"2024-11-20","country":"cg","country_name":"Congo","place":null,"coordinates":[-0.837,15.221],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Congo gendarmes link a cannabis seizure to an agriculture official","summary":"An official report described the arrest in Owando of a young adult carrying 52 wrapped cannabis portions, followed by a search of an agriculture official's home where more cannabis and an elephant tusk were found. The suspects were presented to the prosecutor. The report, dated 20 November, still cited the colonial-era 1916 poisonous-substances law as a basis for cannabis enforcement.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"congo-owando-cannabis-arrests-2024","sources":[{"title":"Cuvette, agriculture official arrested over ivory and cannabis","url":"https://www.aci.cg/cuvette-societe-lattache-des-services-administratifs-du-ministere-en-charge-de-lagriculture-interpelle-pour-detention-de-pointe-divoire/","publisher":"ACI","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"uzbekistan-drug-crime-doubles-2024","code":"CET-WPDK7Z","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/uzbekistan-drug-crime-doubles-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/WPDK7Z/","date":"2024-11-15","country":"uz","country_name":"Uzbekistan","place":null,"coordinates":[41.776,63.303],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Uzbekistan says drug crime doubled in five years","summary":"The director of the National Centre for Drug Control said drug offences had doubled between 2019 and 2024, drug seizures rose 8.5 times and synthetic-drug seizures 400 times. He warned that 'pharmacy drug addiction' was spreading among young people and called for regional cooperation. The figures cover all drugs, not cannabis alone.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"uzbekistan-drug-crime-doubles-2024","sources":[{"title":"“Yoshlar orasida „dorixona narkomaniyasi“ keng tarqalayotganidan tashvishdamiz” — Narkotiklarni nazorat qilish milliy markazi (15 November 2024)","url":"https://www.gazeta.uz/oz/2024/11/15/narco/","publisher":"Gazeta.uz","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Число наркопреступлений в Узбекистане выросло вдвое (18 November 2024)","url":"https://www.azattyqasia.org/a/33206475.html","publisher":"Azattyq","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kazakhstan-karasora-2024","code":"CET-C3KEVV","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kazakhstan-karasora-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/C3KEVV/","date":"2024-11-11","country":"kz","country_name":"Kazakhstan","place":null,"coordinates":[48.362,67.246],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Kazakhstan's 2024 cannabis sweep finds 21.5 tonnes of drugs","summary":"The interior ministry's Karasora operation ran from 1 June to 31 October 2024 and recorded 1,607 drug crimes: 799 sales, 245 cultivation and 194 possession. Police seized 21.5 tonnes of drugs, including about 4.5 tonnes of marijuana, more than 200 kg of hashish and 16 tonnes of cannabis plants, and destroyed more than 100 tonnes of wild cannabis on 380 hectares in the Shu district.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kazakhstan-karasora-2024","sources":[{"title":"Более 20 тонн наркотиков изъяли казахстанские полицейские с начала июня 2024 года (11 ноября 2024)","url":"https://inbusiness.kz/ru/last/bolee-20-tonn-narkotikov-izyali-kazahstanskie-policejskie-s-nachala-iyunya-2024-goda","publisher":"Inbusiness.kz","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Қарасора: свыше 15 тонн наркотиков изъято из незаконного оборота (13 августа 2024)","url":"https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/qriim/press/news/details/826512?lang=ru","publisher":"МВД РК","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"papua-new-guinea-tabubil-sentence-2024","code":"CET-VW782Y","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-tabubil-sentence-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VW782Y/","date":"2024-11-06","country":"pg","country_name":"Papua New Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.469,145.201],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Tabubil court jails a man six years for 4.5 kg of marijuana","summary":"The Tabubil District Court sentenced Ipark Amlat, 38, to six years' hard labour for possessing 4.5 kg of marijuana, charged under section 3(1)(d) of the Dangerous Drugs Act. He had been arrested on 12 October 2024 and pleaded guilty; 25 days in pre-trial custody were deducted. Police put the street value at K20,000–30,000.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"papua-new-guinea-tabubil-sentence-2024","sources":[{"title":"Tabubil district court sentences a man to six years for marijuana (14 November 2024)","url":"https://rpngc.gov.pg/tabubil-district-court-sentence-a-man-to-six-years-for-allegedly-in-possession-of-marijuana-drugs/","publisher":"Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"car-bangui-seized-cannabis-destroyed-2024","code":"CET-FNRNFG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/car-bangui-seized-cannabis-destroyed-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/FNRNFG/","date":"2024-11-05","country":"cf","country_name":"Central African Republic","place":null,"coordinates":[6.572,20.462],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Bangui police destroy cannabis seized along the river and in markets","summary":"The anti-drug office destroyed seized cannabis and other products after operations along the Oubangui river, in Boy-Rabe and at Combattant market. Radio Ndeke Luka reported that the seizures took place from 14 to 20 October, before the destruction on 5 November.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"car-bangui-seized-cannabis-destroyed-2024","sources":[{"title":"Report by Martial Steve Mbetissinga on the destruction of seized drugs","url":"https://www.radiondekeluka.org/76428-bangui-la-police-detruit-une-quantite-importante-de-drogues-et-medicaments-nuisibles","publisher":"Radio Ndeke Luka","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"oman-hashish-seizure-2024","code":"CET-SPFKJA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/oman-hashish-seizure-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SPFKJA/","date":"2024-10-21","country":"om","country_name":"Oman","place":null,"coordinates":[20.586,56.062],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Oman police seize 30 kg of hashish in South Al Batinah","summary":"The Royal Oman Police arrested one person in South Al Batinah after finding more than 30 kilograms of hashish, the force said on 21 October 2024. It gave no origin, destination or estimated value for the resin. The case was one of the larger single cannabis seizures reported in Oman that year.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"oman-hashish-seizure-2024","sources":[{"title":"One arrested for possessing over 30 kg of hashish in Oman (21 October 2024)","url":"https://timesofoman.com/article/151188-one-arrested-for-possessing-over-30-kg-of-hashish-in-oman","publisher":"Times of Oman","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kyrgyzstan-marijuana-trafficking-case-2024","code":"CET-XWWKZR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kyrgyzstan-marijuana-trafficking-case-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XWWKZR/","date":"2024-10-17","country":"kg","country_name":"Kyrgyzstan","place":null,"coordinates":[41.474,74.509],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bishkek police find 27 kg of marijuana packed for sale","summary":"After a man handed hashish to police in Bishkek on 3 September 2024, investigators traced a house in Bash-Kara-Suu, Alamedin district, where they detained a 37-year-old man and woman. A search found 1,150 packets of cannabis straw weighing 26.907 kg in total, which the man said were sold at 2,000 som each, about 2.5 million som. The case was opened under the supply article of the Criminal Code.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kyrgyzstan-marijuana-trafficking-case-2024","sources":[{"title":"«Милиция Бишкека задержала наркоторговцев с 27 килограммами марихуаны» (17 октября 2024)","url":"https://24.kg/proisshestvija/308429_militsiya_bishkeka_zaderjala_narkotorgovtsev_snbsp27nbspkilogrammami_marihuanyi_/","publisher":"24.kg","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}]},{"id":"azerbaijan-drone-marijuana-2024","code":"CET-TNVAP2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/azerbaijan-drone-marijuana-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TNVAP2/","date":"2024-09-30","country":"az","country_name":"Azerbaijan","place":null,"coordinates":[40.287,47.548],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"A drone from Iran brings marijuana over the Araz","summary":"Border guards in the Horadiz sector intercepted an unmanned aerial device flying from Iran and found 19.7 kg of marijuana and 1,500 methadone tablets, the State Border Service reported. It was one of a series of drone-borne drug shipments along the Araz river border in 2024 and 2025, alongside marijuana hidden in lorries and boats.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"azerbaijan-drone-marijuana-2024","sources":[{"title":"Why is Iran often mentioned? Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry and border service drug operations over two years (26 March 2026)","url":"https://jam-news.net/why-is-iran-often-mentioned-azerbaijans-interior-ministry-and-border-service-drug-operations-over-two-years/","publisher":"JAMnews","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"hong-kong-canada-cannabis-seizure-2024","code":"CET-1FKSA0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/hong-kong-canada-cannabis-seizure-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/1FKSA0/","date":"2024-09-27","country":"hk","country_name":"Hong Kong","place":null,"coordinates":[22.398,114.114],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Customs finds 500 kg of cannabis hidden in a soybean shipment","summary":"Customs seized about 500 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds, worth about HK$130 million, from a sea container declared as carrying soy beans from Canada at Kwai Chung on 27 September 2024. Officers found the buds in 83 bags, then arrested two men and one woman aged 44 to 55 after a controlled delivery. The case showed smugglers using ordinary food cargoes to move cannabis into Hong Kong.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"hong-kong-canada-cannabis-seizure-2024","sources":[{"title":"seizes suspected cannabis buds worth about $130 million, 9 October 2024","url":"https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202410/09/P2024100900376.htm","publisher":"Hong Kong Customs","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"guyana-attorney-general-no-detention-2024","code":"CET-77KME9","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/guyana-attorney-general-no-detention-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/77KME9/","date":"2024-09-24","country":"gy","country_name":"Guyana","place":null,"coordinates":[4.79,-58.98],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Guyana's attorney general tells police not to lock people up for small amounts","summary":"After police in Matthew's Ridge held a man found with 4.2 g of marijuana, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said the detention misapplied the amended drug law. Because a court cannot impose prison for possessing up to 30 g, he said, the police cannot detain a person for it before trial and bail must be granted; they should charge the person and bring them before a magistrate.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["thresholds"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"guyana-attorney-general-no-detention-2024","sources":[{"title":"Illegal for police to lock up persons for small amounts of ganja, Nandlall (25 September 2024)","url":"https://www.mola.gov.gy/post/illegal-for-police-to-lock-up-persons-for-small-amounts-of-ganja-nandlall","publisher":"Ministry of Legal Affairs, Guyana","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"mongolia-cannabis-plants-seizure-2024","code":"CET-4XDEVF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mongolia-cannabis-plants-seizure-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/4XDEVF/","date":"2024-09-12","country":"mn","country_name":"Mongolia","place":null,"coordinates":[46.956,103.124],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police seize 17 kg of cannabis plants in Ulaanbaatar","summary":"Police stopped two men aged 32 and 33 in Ulaanbaatar’s Songinokhairkhan district on 12 September 2024 with about 17 kg of cannabis plants. The case was cited under Article 20.7 of the Criminal Code; no verdict was reported. It was one of the few cannabis-specific seizures reported that year.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"mongolia-cannabis-plants-seizure-2024","sources":[{"title":"Mongolia: two men stopped with 17 kg of cannabis plants (13 September 2024)","url":"https://www.forgottenprisoner.org/news/mongolia-ulaanbaatar-two-men-17-kg-cannabis-plants-car","publisher":"Forgotten Prisoner","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Two men with 17 kg of cannabis plants (16 September 2024)","url":"https://www.pressreader.com/mongolia/the-ub-post/20240916/281603835851532","publisher":"UB Post","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"marshall-islands-aiseia-marijuana-charges-2024","code":"CET-EDN54H","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/marshall-islands-aiseia-marijuana-charges-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EDN54H/","date":"2024-08-29","country":"mh","country_name":"Marshall Islands","place":null,"coordinates":[7.015,170.331],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Marshall Islands charges a Majuro man after a marijuana and meth search","summary":"Elai Aiseia, 40, was charged in August 2024 with unlawful possession and sale of prohibited drugs and unlawful possession of marijuana after police searched his Uliga home. The search followed a driving-under-the-influence arrest in May, when the driver told police he had bought crack cocaine from Aiseia. Officers found marijuana in bags and containers, methamphetamine, crack and $1,109 in cash.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"marshall-islands-aiseia-marijuana-charges-2024","sources":[{"title":"MALGov's drug haul (29 August 2024)","url":"https://marshallislandsjournal.com/malgovs-drug-haul/","publisher":"Marshall Islands Journal","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-hashish-fabric-2024","code":"CET-E9HZ1K","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-hashish-fabric-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/E9HZ1K/","date":"2024-08-27","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bahrain finds hashish soaked into posted fabric","summary":"Police arrested a 32-year-old baker at his home on 27 August 2024 after a parcel of fabric soaked in hashish arrived in Bahrain by post. Officers found bags bearing traces of cannabis, BHD1,516.925 and SAR635 in cash; prosecutors said he was part of a wider group using concealed shipments. The case was before the courts in April 2025, with a verdict expected on 29 April.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-hashish-fabric-2024","sources":[{"title":"Baker accused of smuggling hashish-soaked fabric via post","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/111313.html","publisher":"News of Bahrain","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"tajikistan-hashish-seizure-2024","code":"CET-9B0WVH","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tajikistan-hashish-seizure-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/9B0WVH/","date":"2024-08-27","country":"tj","country_name":"Tajikistan","place":null,"coordinates":[38.537,71.027],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Dushanbe police seize 50 kg of hashish from a transnational group","summary":"Police in Dushanbe's Shohmansur district arrested two men from Istravshan with 50 kg of hashish. A criminal case was opened under Article 200 of the Criminal Code, which can carry up to 20 years for especially large supply. The police said they were still looking for other members of the group.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"tajikistan-hashish-seizure-2024","sources":[{"title":"В Душанбе задержаны члены наркогруппировки с 50 кг гашиша","url":"https://avesta.tj/2024/08/27/v-dushanbe-zaderzhany-chleny-narkogruppirovki-s-50-kg-gashisha/","publisher":"Авеста","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"solomon-islands-auki-uproot-2024","code":"CET-W1RS33","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/solomon-islands-auki-uproot-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/W1RS33/","date":"2024-08-20","country":"sb","country_name":"Solomon Islands","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.922,159.62],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Auki police uproot nearly 200 cannabis plants after a village tip-off","summary":"On 20 August 2024 police in Auki uprooted nearly 200 marijuana plants near Ngadefiu village in Central Kwara'ae, Malaita. Community leaders had helped the police, and the alleged owner ran off before officers arrived; no arrest was reported. The provincial commander praised the village for acting against cultivation.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"solomon-islands-auki-uproot-2024","sources":[{"title":"Police uprooted marijuana plants in Malaita province","url":"https://www.rsipf.gov.sb/?q=node/3063","publisher":"Royal Solomon Islands Police Force","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"transnistria-mak-raid-bender-2024","code":"CET-ZVAP56","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/transnistria-mak-raid-bender-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZVAP56/","date":"2024-08-16","country":"xt","country_name":"Transnistria","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Transnistrian police uncover 64 cannabis plants in Bender garden","summary":"During the annual Mak-2024 anti-drug operation, militia officers in the city of Bender raided a residential plot and discovered 64 two-metre-tall cannabis plants cultivated alongside dried marijuana.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["home-growing","eradication"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"transnistria-mak-raid-bender-2024","sources":[{"title":"Bender resident faces criminal proceedings after police find 64 cannabis plants (16 August 2024)","url":"https://novostipmr.com/ru/content/zhitel-bender-ustroil-u-sebya-v-ogorode-narkoplantaciyu","publisher":"Novosti Pridnestrovya","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"marshall-islands-jail-marijuana-raid-2024","code":"CET-XR54BH","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/marshall-islands-jail-marijuana-raid-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XR54BH/","date":"2024-08-03","country":"mh","country_name":"Marshall Islands","place":null,"coordinates":[7.015,170.331],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Marshall Islands police find marijuana in a raid on the national jail","summary":"Majuro Atoll Local Police searched the national police jail in Uliga on 3 August 2024 and found marijuana, crystal meth, cash, mobile phones and alcohol in prisoners' cells. The raid followed a sting in which an inmate sold methamphetamine to a police informant.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"marshall-islands-jail-marijuana-raid-2024","sources":[{"title":"Local police raid national jail (15 August 2024)","url":"https://marshallislandsjournal.com/local-police-raid-national-jail/","publisher":"Marshall Islands Journal","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Inmates to trial on drug charges (5 December 2024)","url":"https://marshallislandsjournal.com/inmates-to-trial-on-drug-charges/","publisher":"Marshall Islands Journal","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"maldives-airport-cannabis-seizure-2024","code":"CET-Y7BYDR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-airport-cannabis-seizure-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Y7BYDR/","date":"2024-07-27","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Customs finds 15 kg of cannabis in a suitcase at Velana airport","summary":"Officers found more than 15 kg of cannabis in the luggage of a 44-year-old Malaysian man who arrived on flight EK656 on 27 July 2024. Police put the street value at MVR 12.3 million and called it the largest single cannabis seizure of the year; a controlled delivery led to a second arrest, of a 41-year-old Malaysian man.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-airport-cannabis-seizure-2024","sources":[{"title":"Over 15kg of cannabis seized in major drug bust at Velana International Airport","url":"https://www.police.gov.mv/media/news/23364","publisher":"Maldives Police Service","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"thailand-operation-chaophraya-2024","code":"CET-9KBHYR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/thailand-operation-chaophraya-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/9KBHYR/","date":"2024-07-15","country":"th","country_name":"Thailand","place":null,"coordinates":[15.083,101.001],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Britain and Thailand join forces against cannabis couriers","summary":"A UK-led operation with Thai customs began in July 2024 to stop cannabis carried or posted from Thailand to Britain. By April 2025 more than 50 British nationals had been arrested in Thailand, Thai customs had intercepted over 800 smugglers and nine tonnes of cannabis since October 2024, and cannabis posted to Britain had fallen by 90 per cent in the first quarter of 2025.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"thailand-operation-chaophraya-2024","sources":[{"title":"International crackdown on cannabis smuggling (25 April 2025)","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/international-crackdown-on-cannabis-smuggling","publisher":"UK Home Office","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Thailand and UK strengthen cooperation to combat illegal cannabis smuggling (8 July 2026)","url":"https://thailand.go.th/public/issue-focus-detail/thailand-and-uk-strengthen-cooperation-to-combat-illegal-cannabis-smuggling","publisher":"Thailand.go.th","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"madagascar-tsaratanana-plantation-2024","code":"CET-QD093R","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/madagascar-tsaratanana-plantation-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QD093R/","date":"2024-07-15","country":"mg","country_name":"Madagascar","place":null,"coordinates":[-19.317,46.743],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Malagasy gendarmes uproot ten hectares of cannabis in a protected area","summary":"In an operation from 4 to 15 July in the protected zone of Mount Tsaratanàna, in Ambanja district, twenty gendarmes and four agents of Madagascar National Parks uprooted about 600,000 cannabis plants on ten hectares and burned 950 kg of dried cannabis. The growers fled as the patrols arrived and no one was arrested.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["eradication"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"madagascar-tsaratanana-plantation-2024","sources":[{"title":"Stupéfiant: une plantation de cannabis sur dix hectares rasée (July 2024)","url":"https://www.lexpress.mg/2024/07/stupefiant-une-plantation-de-cannabis.html","publisher":"L'Express de Madagascar","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Antsohihy: plus d'une tonne de marijuana saisie en six mois (11 December 2025)","url":"https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/202512110395.html","publisher":"L'Express de Madagascar via AllAfrica","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"north-korea-hamgyong-drug-crackdown-2024","code":"CET-S9ZK2A","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/north-korea-hamgyong-drug-crackdown-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/S9ZK2A/","date":"2024-07-15","country":"kp","country_name":"North Korea","place":null,"coordinates":[40.14,127.159],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"North Hamgyong reports a 40% rise in drug crime and orders a summer crackdown","summary":"The provincial security bureau told the party committee in early July 2024 that drug offences in North Hamgyong had risen 40% from a year earlier, with more than 900 cases in Chongjin in the first half of the year. The committee made July and August an intensive crackdown and said smuggling drugs to China should draw heavier sentences, up to death.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"north-korea-hamgyong-drug-crackdown-2024","sources":[{"title":"함경북도 마약범죄 급증 실태 보고돼…”작년보다 40%↑”","url":"https://www.dailynk.com/20240717-4/","publisher":"dailynk.com","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"sao-tome-cannabis-crop-raids-2024","code":"CET-XY6Z8A","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sao-tome-cannabis-crop-raids-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XY6Z8A/","date":"2024-07-15","country":"st","country_name":"São Tomé and Príncipe","place":null,"coordinates":[0.443,6.723],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"São Tomé police raid cannabis fields and sales points, arresting nine","summary":"Police’s Operation 971 targeted cannabis fields and sales points across São Tomé and Príncipe in July 2024, according to a later account of the operation.[@1] Seven men and two women, all São Toméan, were detained and brought for an initial judicial hearing.[@1] The operation involved the prison and social reintegration service and the state leaders’ protection unit alongside the judicial…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","eradication","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sao-tome-cannabis-crop-raids-2024","sources":[{"title":"PJ apreende 30 gramas de liamba e detém três homens em flagrante em São Tomé","url":"https://rstp.st/2025/08/05/pj-apreende-30-gramas-de-liamba-e-detem-tres-homens-em-flagrante-em-sao-tome/","publisher":"RSTP","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kyrgyzstan-wild-cannabis-burn-2024","code":"CET-XHRMWN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kyrgyzstan-wild-cannabis-burn-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XHRMWN/","date":"2024-07-12","country":"kg","country_name":"Kyrgyzstan","place":null,"coordinates":[41.474,74.509],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Kyrgyzstan burns 85 tonnes of wild cannabis","summary":"In July 2024 the drug-control service mapped 627 hectares of wild cannabis and sent 90 brigades to cut and burn it. The service reported more than 85 tonnes destroyed, including 27 tonnes in Chuy region, 17 tonnes in Issyk-Kul and Naryn, 15 tonnes in Bishkek and smaller amounts in the south. The operation was part of the annual Kara-kuurai eradication campaign.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kyrgyzstan-wild-cannabis-burn-2024","sources":[{"title":"«Сотрудники СБНОН сожгли более 85 тонн конопли» (12 июля 2024)","url":"https://kaktus.media/doc/505132_sotrydniki_sbnon_sojgli_bolee_85_tonn_konopli_foto.html","publisher":"Kaktus.media","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"yemen-marib-hashish-seizure-2024","code":"CET-SQKP1D","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/yemen-marib-hashish-seizure-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SQKP1D/","date":"2024-07-06","country":"ye","country_name":"Yemen","place":null,"coordinates":[15.917,47.568],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Marib forces seize 190 kg of hashish bound for Houthi areas","summary":"Security forces in Marib stopped a truck carrying 190 kg of hashish at a checkpoint and said it was being smuggled into Houthi-controlled territory. The head of Marib's drug-control department, Abdul Razzaq al-Ruwaifi, said the shipment and the accused were handed to the prosecution. The seizure was announced by the official Saba news agency and reported by Yemen Monitor.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"yemen-marib-hashish-seizure-2024","sources":[{"title":"Yemeni security forces in Marib seize 190 kg of hashish on its way to the Houthis","url":"https://www.yemenmonitor.com/en/Details/ArtMID/908/ArticleID/116290","publisher":"Yemen Monitor","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palau-peleliu-raid-2024","code":"CET-0WXX12","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palau-peleliu-raid-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0WXX12/","date":"2024-07-04","country":"pw","country_name":"Palau","place":null,"coordinates":[7.286,134.406],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Palau seizes 182 cannabis plants in Peleliu","summary":"Police seized 182 cannabis plants, $31,600 in cash, seeds, joints, scales and a ledger in Peleliu; Anna Gotlob was charged on 4 July 2024. Peleliu had been raided repeatedly since 2019, showing that local cultivation persisted despite the crackdowns.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palau-peleliu-raid-2024","sources":[{"title":"Police seize marijuana plants, cash in Peleliu drug bust (9 July 2024)","url":"https://islandtimes.org/police-seize-marijuana-plants-cash-in-peleliu-drug-bust/","publisher":"Island Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"armenia-small-possession-practice-2024","code":"CET-EK55KR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/armenia-small-possession-practice-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EK55KR/","date":"2024-07-01","country":"am","country_name":"Armenia","place":null,"coordinates":[40.288,44.938],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Armenia stops bringing criminal cases for small plant-based possession","summary":"In 2024 prosecutors stopped opening criminal cases for small amounts of plant-based drugs, cannabis included, when there was no evidence of sale, and sent the files for an administrative fine instead. Drug crimes fell from 5,070 in 2023 to 3,639 in 2024, while administrative drug offences rose from 387 to 633.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"armenia-small-possession-practice-2024","sources":[{"title":"Government Decision No. 736-L of 5 June 2025 on the 2025–2027 drug strategy","url":"https://arlis.am/hy/acts/207984","publisher":"Armenia","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"zimbabwe-small-scale-illicit-cultivation-2024","code":"CET-9RXPVA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/zimbabwe-small-scale-illicit-cultivation-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/9RXPVA/","date":"2024-07-01","country":"zw","country_name":"Zimbabwe","place":null,"coordinates":[-18.997,29.851],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Illicit small-scale growing still dwarfs the legal sector","summary":"Fieldwork in 2022–2024 found Zimbabwe's illicit cannabis sector still far larger than the new legal one in estimated output and significance to people's livelihoods.[@1] Mutoko in the north-east and Binga in the north-west were known for small-scale illicit cultivation, with local supply complemented by imports from Malawi, South Africa and Mozambique.[@1] Binga and Chiredzi were chosen for…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"zimbabwe-small-scale-illicit-cultivation-2024","sources":[{"title":"Business as usual? Cannabis legalisation and agrarian change in Zimbabwe","url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2024.2326568","publisher":"Journal of Peasant Studies","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"micronesia-ehsa-mail-import-2024","code":"CET-TJS0Q7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/micronesia-ehsa-mail-import-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TJS0Q7/","date":"2024-07-01","country":"fm","country_name":"Micronesia","place":null,"coordinates":[7.536,153.297],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Micronesia finds probable cause in a 183-gram mailed-cannabis case","summary":"In FSM v. Ehsa, customs found 183 g of marijuana joints in a parcel addressed to a Pohnpei post office box. The court upheld probable cause under the possession and trafficking provisions and rejected search and entrapment arguments at the preliminary stage. The final disposition was not traced.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"micronesia-ehsa-mail-import-2024","sources":[{"title":"FSM v. Ehsa, 24 FSM R. 536 (Pon. 2024), 1 July 2024","url":"https://www.fsmlaw.org/fsm/decisions/vol24/24FSMR536-544.html","publisher":"FSM Supreme Court","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"south-korea-record-drug-offenders-2024","code":"CET-XBMTWX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/south-korea-record-drug-offenders-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XBMTWX/","date":"2024-06-26","country":"kr","country_name":"South Korea","place":null,"coordinates":[36.373,127.835],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"South Korea's 2023 drug arrests pass 20,000 for the first time","summary":"The prosecution service's yearly report recorded 27,611 people caught for drug offences in 2023, half as many again as the 18,395 of 2022. Teenagers numbered 1,477, three times the year before, and people in their twenties 8,368. The report as published did not break the figures down by drug.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"south-korea-record-drug-offenders-2024","sources":[{"title":"Drug offenders in Korea exceed 20,000 for first time in 2023 (26 June 2024)","url":"https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20240626/drug-offenders-in-korea-exceed-20000-for-first-time-in-2023-amid-increase-among-youth-women","publisher":"The Korea Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"timor-leste-pcic-drug-testing-2024","code":"CET-F2VN0Z","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-pcic-drug-testing-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F2VN0Z/","date":"2024-06-26","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Timor-Leste's drug police still send samples to Portugal for confirmatory testing","summary":"The scientific police said they lacked staff and equipment to confirm whether seized material was a controlled drug, so samples went to Portugal's judicial police and results took about two weeks. They described initial testing in Dili and a 2022 cannabis case that was still in court. The statement points to the laboratory gap the 2012 UN assessment had already identified.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-pcic-drug-testing-2024","sources":[{"title":"«PCIC sei menus rekursu umanu no fasilidade ba teste droga», 26 June 2024","url":"https://tatoli.tl/2024/06/26/pcic-sei-menus-rekursu-umanu-no-fasilidade-ba-teste-droga/","publisher":"TATOLI","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"brunei-tutong-drug-sweep-2024","code":"CET-GGRRT6","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/brunei-tutong-drug-sweep-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GGRRT6/","date":"2024-06-19","country":"bn","country_name":"Brunei","place":null,"coordinates":[4.52,114.722],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Brunei arrests 27 in a Tutong drug sweep","summary":"Police arrested 27 people in Operasi Ursa Heal in Tutong on 16 and 19 June 2024, seizing 75.29 g of syabu and 37.21 g of cannabis. The operation was one of the year's street-level enforcement actions and did not change the law.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"brunei-tutong-drug-sweep-2024","sources":[{"title":"Operasi Ursa Heal","url":"https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%27Operasi+Ursa+Heal%27.-a0799134441","publisher":"RTB via the Free Library","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"philippines-bonifacio-conviction-2024","code":"CET-ZCKDJP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/philippines-bonifacio-conviction-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZCKDJP/","date":"2024-06-18","country":"ph","country_name":"Philippines","place":null,"coordinates":[11.729,122.919],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"A Philippine court convicts four police for a drug-war killing","summary":"A Caloocan court found four policemen guilty of homicide for killing Luis and Gabriel Bonifacio during a September 2016 drug raid. The officers were sentenced to up to ten years in prison and ordered to pay damages to the family. It was only the fourth known conviction of police for a drug-war killing, out of thousands of deaths.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"philippines-bonifacio-conviction-2024","sources":[{"title":"Caloocan cops convicted of homicide over killing of father, son in 2016 drug operation (18 June 2024)","url":"https://www.rappler.com/philippines/metro-manila/caloocan-court-convicts-cops-homicide-killing-father-son-luis-gabriel-bonifacio","publisher":"Rappler","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Philippine court convicts four police officers for killings in Duterte drug war (18 June 2024)","url":"https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/philippine/philippine-court-convicts-four-police-officers-drug-war-killings-06182024115154.html","publisher":"Benar News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"french-polynesia-father-acquitted-2024","code":"CET-CVHFEY","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/french-polynesia-father-acquitted-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/CVHFEY/","date":"2024-06-15","country":"pf","country_name":"French Polynesia","place":null,"coordinates":[-14.728,-144.805],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"A Tahiti father who grew cannabis for his epileptic son is acquitted","summary":"The court in Papeete acquitted a father prosecuted for two years over about a hundred plants grown in Taravao to make oil for his son; the prosecutor had asked it to waive punishment. Growing for therapy remained prohibited.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"french-polynesia-father-acquitted-2024","sources":[{"title":"Polynésie : le père de famille qui soignait son fils handicapé avec du cannabis a été relaxé (16 June 2024)","url":"https://www.lnc.nc/article/pacifique/polynesie-francaise/justice/polynesie-le-pere-de-famille-qui-soignait-son-fils-handicape-avec-du-cannabis-a-ete-relaxe","publisher":"Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"lebanon-airport-hashish-seizure-2024","code":"CET-4GADHH","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/lebanon-airport-hashish-seizure-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/4GADHH/","date":"2024-06-13","country":"lb","country_name":"Lebanon","place":null,"coordinates":[33.921,35.878],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Lebanon seizes 6.4 kg of hashish at Beirut airport","summary":"Customs seized 6.416 kg of hashish at Beirut airport from an Egyptian traveller, hidden in a shipping suitcase and bound for an Arab country. 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A teenager received a A$200 fine and one month’s community service, with no conviction recorded.[@1] The magistrate considered imprisonment disproportionate for the adults, months before parliament introduced mandatory custody for possession.[@1,2]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","youth"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"nauru-one-gram-cannabis-sentence-2024","sources":[{"title":"Republic v Randy Doguape and others, sentence of 3 June 2024","url":"https://justice.gov.nr/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/R-v-Randy-Doguape-Ors-Cr-13-of-24-Sentence.pdf","publisher":"District Court of Nauru","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Illicit Drugs Control (Amendment) Act 2024, certified 23 December 2024","url":"https://ronlaw.gov.nr/assets/docs/acts/2024/Illicit%20Drugs%20Control%20%28Amendment%29%20Act%202024.pdf","publisher":"Nauru","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Illicit Drugs Control Act 2004, Service 6 official consolidation","url":"https://ronlaw.gov.nr/assets/docs/acts/2004/Illicit%20Drugs%20Control%20Act%202004_serv6.pdf","publisher":"Nauru","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Bail Act 2018, Service 6 official consolidation","url":"https://ronlaw.gov.nr/assets/docs/acts/2018/Bail%20Act%202018_serv6.pdf","publisher":"Nauru","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"fiji-growers-sentences-reduced-2024","code":"CET-EX4HSX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/fiji-growers-sentences-reduced-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EX4HSX/","date":"2024-05-30","country":"fj","country_name":"Fiji","place":null,"coordinates":[-17.428,178.512],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Fiji’s appeal court cuts two cannabis growers’ prison terms by four years","summary":"Waisake Kaloulia’s nineteen-year cannabis cultivation sentence was reduced to fifteen years, and Kaminieli Naqeleca’s eighteen years to fourteen. The Court of Appeal applied its newer plant-count and role guidelines to the men’s older case, involving a remote plantation with at least 208 whole plants confirmed in the analyst’s report.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","thresholds"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"fiji-growers-sentences-reduced-2024","sources":[{"title":"Waisake Kaloulia and Kaminieli Naqeleca v State (30 May 2024)","url":"https://judiciary.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/30.05.24-CA-Crim-AAU-0036.2017-AAU0093.2017-Kaoulia-and-Naqekeca-v.-The-State-Judgment.pdf","publisher":"Fiji Court of Appeal","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Jone Seru v State (25 May 2023)","url":"https://judiciary.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/25.05.2023_COA_Crim._AAU-115.2017_Jone-Seru-v-State_Judgment_Prematilaka-RJA.pdf","publisher":"Fiji Court of Appeal","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Illicit Drugs Control Act 2004","url":"https://www.health.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Fiji-Illicit-Drug-Act-2004.pdf","publisher":"Fiji Ministry of Health","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"vanuatu-five-plants-remand-2024","code":"CET-HZ17WK","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/vanuatu-five-plants-remand-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HZ17WK/","date":"2024-05-23","country":"vu","country_name":"Vanuatu","place":null,"coordinates":[-16.217,167.675],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Vanuatu suspends a five-plant sentence after months already spent in custody","summary":"A first offender who grew five cannabis plants weighing 15.5 grams received a suspended sentence, sixty hours of community work and six months’ supervision.[@1] Brightly Kaiding had already spent three months and two days in custody before bail, which the court deducted from a nine-month term, leaving five months and twenty-eight days suspended for two years.[@1] The court treated the grow…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","home-growing","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"vanuatu-five-plants-remand-2024","sources":[{"title":"five plants, remand and a suspended sentence","url":"https://judiciary.gov.vu/court-activity/judgments/2359","publisher":"Public Prosecutor v Kaiding","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"small cannabis grows and personal possession","url":"https://courts.gov.vu/court-activity/judgments/198","publisher":"Public Prosecutor v Lovis","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"cannabis grown as a pest barrier","url":"https://courts.gov.vu/court-activity/judgments/107","publisher":"Public Prosecutor v Iauko","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Government maintains tight control on medical cannabis and industrial hemp","url":"https://vbr.vu/news/govt-maintains-tight-control-on-medical-cannabis-and-industrial-hemp/","publisher":"Vanuatu Business Review","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"gibraltar-drug-driver-sentenced-2024","code":"CET-NB84WE","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/gibraltar-drug-driver-sentenced-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NB84WE/","date":"2024-05-15","country":"gi","country_name":"Gibraltar","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Gibraltar fines and disqualifies a driver after a positive cannabis test","summary":"A driver was fined £250 and disqualified for eight months after testing at not less than 3.8 micrograms of THC per litre of blood. Police had stopped his erratically driven car in November 2023.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"gibraltar-drug-driver-sentenced-2024","sources":[{"title":"Annual report 2024/25","url":"https://www.parliament.gi/uploads/contents/papers_laid/2026/the_annual_report_of_the_gibraltar_police_authority_2024_2025.pdf","publisher":"Gibraltar Police Authority","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"maldives-drug-seizures-2024","code":"CET-TX5HKN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-drug-seizures-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TX5HKN/","date":"2024-05-13","country":"mv","country_name":"Maldives","place":null,"coordinates":[3.732,73.457],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police seize 19 kg of drugs in the first months of 2024","summary":"Police said 56 operations had seized about 19 kg of drugs by mid-May 2024, with a street value of MVR 104 million. They had arrested 260 Maldivians and 16 foreigners, opened 257 drug cases, sent 95 to the Prosecutor General and reported shutting five drug networks. The figures covered all drugs, not cannabis alone.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"maldives-drug-seizures-2024","sources":[{"title":"Drugs worth over MVR 100 million seized so far this year: police","url":"https://adhadhu.com/53637","publisher":"Adhadhu","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"isle-of-man-small-possession-fines-2024","code":"CET-QDKNH8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/isle-of-man-small-possession-fines-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QDKNH8/","date":"2024-05-03","country":"im","country_name":"Isle of Man","place":null,"coordinates":[54.224,-4.539],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Isle of Man court fines a woman for half a gram of cannabis","summary":"A woman received a £300 fine and £125 costs for possessing half a gram of cannabis. The reported case shows that a small personal quantity can still lead to a court penalty alongside the island's referral options for eligible offenders.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"isle-of-man-small-possession-fines-2024","sources":[{"title":"Woman fined hundreds for possessing half a gram of cannabis, 3 May 2024","url":"https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/woman-fined-hundreds-for-possessing-half-a-gram-of-cannabis-684520","publisher":"Isle of Man Today","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"nauru-police-q1-2024","code":"CET-B0ZARY","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nauru-police-q1-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/B0ZARY/","date":"2024-05-03","country":"nr","country_name":"Nauru","place":null,"coordinates":[-0.519,166.933],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Nauru police record 175 offences in the first quarter","summary":"Police recorded 175 crime offences in the first quarter of 2024 across categories including illicit drug use and possession, but published no drug-specific breakdown. The figure covers all crime, not cannabis alone.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"nauru-police-q1-2024","sources":[{"title":"Police records 618 offences in first quarter (2024)","url":"https://www.nauru.gov.nr/government-information-office/naoero-bulletin/naoero-bulletin-2024/nauru-bulletin-7/police-records-618-offences-in-first-quarter.aspx","publisher":"Nauru Bulletin","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"mozambique-cannabis-seller-sentence-reduced-2024","code":"CET-4MQ5FX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mozambique-cannabis-seller-sentence-reduced-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/4MQ5FX/","date":"2024-05-02","country":"mz","country_name":"Mozambique","place":null,"coordinates":[-17.196,35.603],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Mozambique's top court cuts a cannabis seller's sentence to six years","summary":"The Supreme Court reduced Raiva Rafael Meponda's seventeen-year sentence to six years and a 30,000-metical fine after police found 590 grams of cannabis in 232 portions at his Maputo home. The judges rejected his personal-use argument but treated his simple, direct sales without an organisation as small-scale trafficking.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","trafficking","thresholds"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"mozambique-cannabis-seller-sentence-reduced-2024","sources":[{"title":"Raiva Rafael Meponda, criminal appeal 31/2022-P","url":"https://www.ts.gov.mz/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ACORDAO-Proc-no-31-2022-.pdf","publisher":"Mozambique Supreme Court","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Law 3/97, original official gazette","url":"https://reformar.co.mz/documentos-diversos/lei-3-97-de-13-de-marco-criacao-da-lei-de-psicotropicos-e-estupefacientes.pdf/@@download/file/Lei%203.97%20de%2013%20de%20Mar%C3%A7o.pdf","publisher":"Mozambique","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"qatar-drug-raid-arrests-2024","code":"CET-8RYBKT","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/qatar-drug-raid-arrests-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8RYBKT/","date":"2024-04-11","country":"qa","country_name":"Qatar","place":null,"coordinates":[25.305,51.184],"precision":"country","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"Qatar police arrest two men in a drug-trafficking raid","summary":"The Ministry of Interior published video of a surveillance operation that ended with a car chase and the arrest of two men accused of trafficking drugs. Officers searched the men and their vehicles and said they found illegal items, but the announcement gave no quantity or charge. The ministry did not say what happened to the men after the arrest.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"qatar-drug-raid-arrests-2024","sources":[{"title":"Two men arrested for drug trafficking; Ministry shares scenes from drug raid operation (11 April 2024)","url":"https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/11/04/2024/two-men-arrested-for-drug-trafficking-ministry-shares-scenes-from-drugs-raid","publisher":"The Peninsula","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"tunisia-cannabis-arrest-wave-2024","code":"CET-6HMTX3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tunisia-cannabis-arrest-wave-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6HMTX3/","date":"2024-03-18","country":"tn","country_name":"Tunisia","place":null,"coordinates":[34.089,9.556],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"A new wave of cannabis arrests hits young Tunisians","summary":"An investigation published on 18 March 2024 found cannabis users facing random street stops, house raids, phone searches and pre-trial detention, with lawyers saying the repression was the worst since Ben Ali. People were held for carrying rolling papers or filters, and activists said prosecutors treated small users as dealers.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"tunisia-cannabis-arrest-wave-2024","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis users face a new era of repression in Tunisia (18 March 2024)","url":"https://nawaat.org/2024/03/18/cannabis-users-face-a-new-era-of-repression-in-tunisia/","publisher":"Nawaat","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"laos-bolikhamxay-cannabis-haul-2024","code":"CET-9Z0MEV","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/laos-bolikhamxay-cannabis-haul-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/9Z0MEV/","date":"2024-03-15","country":"la","country_name":"Laos","place":null,"coordinates":[18.487,103.775],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bolikhamxay police find more than 800 kg of cannabis","summary":"Lao media reported on 26 March 2024 that a couple had been arrested in Bolikhamxay with more than 800 kg of cannabis and nearly 300 amphetamine pills. The same report described 1,000 kg of crystal meth seized in Xayaboury and 166 kg in Bokeo. It gave no charge, court date or sentence for the cannabis case.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"laos-bolikhamxay-cannabis-haul-2024","sources":[{"title":"Laos thwarts numerous major drug cases (26 March 2024)","url":"https://vir.com.vn/laos-thwarts-numerous-major-drug-cases-109862.html","publisher":"Vietnam Investment Review","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"philippines-micp-kush-hash-2024","code":"CET-Z4B4AA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/philippines-micp-kush-hash-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Z4B4AA/","date":"2024-03-07","country":"ph","country_name":"Philippines","place":null,"coordinates":[11.729,122.919],"precision":"country","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"Manila port raid finds kush, hash and vape oil in one shipment","summary":"PDEA, Customs and the PNP Maritime Group seized 278.32 kg of marijuana kush, 2.36 litres of liquid marijuana in vape cartridges and 880.25 grams of hash at the Manila International Container Port. The same operation found 1.06 kg of dried mushroom.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"philippines-micp-kush-hash-2024","sources":[{"title":"ASEAN Drug Monitoring Report 2024","url":"https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ADM-Report-2024.pdf","publisher":"asean.org","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"indonesia-aceh-cannabis-eradication-2024","code":"CET-XJJG6P","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/indonesia-aceh-cannabis-eradication-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XJJG6P/","date":"2024-03-06","country":"id","country_name":"Indonesia","place":null,"coordinates":[-2.264,117.181],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Indonesia burns seven tonnes of ripe cannabis in Aceh","summary":"BNN destroyed about seven tonnes wet weight of mostly ready-to-harvest cannabis on four hectares in Aceh Besar, roughly 20,000 plants, on 6 March 2024. Days earlier it had seized 200 kg of dried cannabis and arrested a suspect in the same district. The fields were found with monitoring by the national research agency (BRIN) and the geospatial agency (BIG).","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"indonesia-aceh-cannabis-eradication-2024","sources":[{"title":"BNN RI MUSNAHKAN 7 TON GANJA SIAP PANEN","url":"https://bnn.go.id/bnn-ri-musnahkan-7-ton-ganja-siap-panen/","publisher":"bnn.go.id","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"sri-lanka-ayurveda-possession-2024","code":"CET-W5XE8H","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sri-lanka-ayurveda-possession-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/W5XE8H/","date":"2024-02-15","country":"lk","country_name":"Sri Lanka","place":null,"coordinates":[7.611,80.702],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Sri Lanka says police can arrest unauthorised holders of Ayurvedic cannabis","summary":"After Yukthiya raids on Ayurvedic practitioners, the Ayurveda Commissioner General said only registered institutions and pharmacies may hold cannabis medicines, that prescriptions are required, and that police may prosecute possession outside those conditions. The statement followed complaints that the crackdown had treated traditional medicines as recreational drugs.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sri-lanka-ayurveda-possession-2024","sources":[{"title":"‘Police can nab illegal Ayurveda drug possession’: Ayurveda CG (15 February 2024)","url":"https://www.themorning.lk/articles/vZVeG3mJpJhkb0CUGLuL","publisher":"The Morning","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bosnia-sipa-drug-results-2023","code":"CET-T6YAEW","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bosnia-sipa-drug-results-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/T6YAEW/","date":"2024-01-25","country":"ba","country_name":"Bosnia and Herzegovina","place":null,"coordinates":[44.171,17.775],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Bosnia’s state police report cannabis seizures and drug-trafficking cases","summary":"SIPA reported 78.904 kg of marijuana/skank and 126 cannabis plants seized during 2023. Its all-drug trafficking work covered 68 cases and sixteen reports to prosecutors concerning 32 people, plus a supplementary report concerning three people.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bosnia-sipa-drug-results-2023","sources":[{"title":"Report on work in 2023, 25 January 2024","url":"https://sipa.gov.ba/assets/files/izvjestaji/IZVJESTAJORADUSIPA2023BS.pdf","publisher":"SIPA","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"serbia-large-personal-stock-sentence-2024","code":"CET-GP03D9","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/serbia-large-personal-stock-sentence-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GP03D9/","date":"2024-01-25","country":"rs","country_name":"Serbia","place":null,"coordinates":[44.211,20.806],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Serbia’s top court keeps three years for 372 grams of personal cannabis","summary":"The Supreme Court upheld Senad Makaji’s three-year prison sentence for holding about 372 grams of cannabis, even though it was for his own use. 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Police arrested two people and charged them under Penal Code § 191; the following day a court remanded them for four weeks.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"faroes-norrona-hash-seizure-2024","sources":[{"title":"Two arrested over 24 kg hashish, 16 January 2024","url":"https://politi.fo/politistoedir/tidindilisti/tvey-folk-handtikin-fyri-at-smugla-24-kg-av-hashi-til-foeroya/2024/01/16","publisher":"Føroya Politi","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"laos-thai-cannabis-drinks-2024","code":"CET-419N9K","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/laos-thai-cannabis-drinks-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/419N9K/","date":"2024-01-02","country":"la","country_name":"Laos","place":null,"coordinates":[18.487,103.775],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Thai cannabis drinks slip into Vientiane shops","summary":"Radio Free Asia reported in January 2024 that Thai drinks containing up to 0.2% THC were on sale in Vientiane markets, despite Laos's ban. A Vientiane police officer said only cannabis products authorised by the Ministry of Health for medical use were allowed and that police confiscated illegal products.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"laos-thai-cannabis-drinks-2024","sources":[{"title":"Thai cannabis drinks find their way to Lao markets (2 January 2024)","url":"https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/cannabis-01022024172314.html","publisher":"Radio Free Asia","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"sri-lanka-yukthiya-2023","code":"CET-PJYMG0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sri-lanka-yukthiya-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PJYMG0/","date":"2023-12-17","country":"lk","country_name":"Sri Lanka","place":null,"coordinates":[7.611,80.702],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Sri Lanka launches Operation Yukthiya against drug suspects","summary":"Acting Inspector General Deshabandu Tennekoon, backed by Public Security Minister Tiran Alles, launched a nationwide anti-drug operation on 17 December that arrested at least a thousand people a day in its first weeks.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sri-lanka-yukthiya-2023","sources":[{"title":"Sri Lanka: Stop Abusive Anti-Drug Operation and Release Those Arbitrarily Detained (15 January 2024)","url":"https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/15/sri-lanka-stop-abusive-anti-drug-operation-and-release-those-arbitrarily-detained","publisher":"Human Rights Watch","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"World Report 2025: Sri Lanka","url":"https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/sri-lanka","publisher":"Human Rights Watch","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"yemen-sanaa-hashish-mass-trial-2023","code":"CET-3N1GZD","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/yemen-sanaa-hashish-mass-trial-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/3N1GZD/","date":"2023-12-11","country":"ye","country_name":"Yemen","place":null,"coordinates":[15.917,47.568],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Sana'a court hands five death sentences in a 994 kg hashish case","summary":"The Specialized Criminal Court in Sana'a sentenced 32 defendants in a hashish-trafficking case: five to death, 12 to 25 years and 15 to five years. The court ordered 994 kg of hashish destroyed and confiscated property; in a separate case that day, one man got five years and two others 25 years for possessing a block of hashish.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"yemen-sanaa-hashish-mass-trial-2023","sources":[{"title":"Specialized Criminal Court sentences 32 defendants in drug cases","url":"https://althawrah.ye/archives/848347","publisher":"Al-Thawrah","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"cuba-courts-689-sanctioned-2023","code":"CET-DXPR2J","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cuba-courts-689-sanctioned-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/DXPR2J/","date":"2023-11-28","country":"cu","country_name":"Cuba","place":null,"coordinates":[21.638,-78.987],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Cuba's Supreme Court reports 689 people sanctioned for drugs","summary":"The head of the Supreme Court's criminal chamber said on state television that courts had sanctioned 689 people linked to drug trafficking so far that year, 92% with prison sentences. 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Authorities separately reported 77 cases of marihuana growing.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"cuba-courts-689-sanctioned-2023","sources":[{"title":"En 2023: sancionadas en Cuba 689 personas por delitos vinculados a las drogas (29 November 2023)","url":"https://oncubanews.com/cuba/en-2023-sancionadas-en-cuba-689-personas-por-delitos-vinculados-a-las-drogas","publisher":"OnCuba News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"tunisia-saied-drug-crackdown-2023","code":"CET-WZEWNZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tunisia-saied-drug-crackdown-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/WZEWNZ/","date":"2023-11-06","country":"tn","country_name":"Tunisia","place":null,"coordinates":[34.089,9.556],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Saied orders a harder drug crackdown","summary":"On 6 November 2023 President Kais Saied met the interior minister, the national guard commander and the director general of national security and called for more patrols and a tougher fight against drugs. The meeting followed similar remarks on 26 October. Lawyers later linked the instructions to the arrest wave of 2024.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"tunisia-saied-drug-crackdown-2023","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis users face a new era of repression in Tunisia (18 March 2024)","url":"https://nawaat.org/2024/03/18/cannabis-users-face-a-new-era-of-repression-in-tunisia/","publisher":"Nawaat","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"iraq-kurdistan-drug-prisoners-2023","code":"CET-NMBKB1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/iraq-kurdistan-drug-prisoners-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NMBKB1/","date":"2023-10-15","country":"iq","country_name":"Iraq","place":null,"coordinates":[33.01,43.774],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"A fifth of Iraqi Kurdistan's prisoners are held for drugs","summary":"The regional government reported that 1,097 of its 5,283 prisoners were serving sentences for narcotics, 617 of them for use and 480 for trafficking, in prisons holding about three times their capacity. Arrests had risen from 142 in 2014 to 2,017 in 2022.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"iraq-kurdistan-drug-prisoners-2023","sources":[{"title":"Kurdistan Region sees dramatic increase in drug arrests since 2014, putting prisons under strain (October 2023)","url":"https://peregraf.com/en/investigation/6175","publisher":"Peregraf","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"namibia-activist-jailed-2023","code":"CET-J3QDZ0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/namibia-activist-jailed-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/J3QDZ0/","date":"2023-10-15","country":"na","country_name":"Namibia","place":null,"coordinates":[-22.07,17.195],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"The leader of Namibia's cannabis challenge is jailed for possession","summary":"Brian Jaftha, who had brought the constitutional case against the cannabis ban, was sentenced to two years in prison for possession, about five years after his arrest. He said the plant material was never tested and that the investigating officer had died and could not be cross-examined. His lawyer in the constitutional case said the sentence did not end that challenge.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"namibia-activist-jailed-2023","sources":[{"title":"report on the jailing of cannabis activist Brian Jaftha, 18 October 2023","url":"https://namibiansun.com/crime/cannabis-activist-jailed2023-10-18","publisher":"Namibian Sun","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"somaliland-cultivation-arrest-2023","code":"CET-HSFE19","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/somaliland-cultivation-arrest-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HSFE19/","date":"2023-10-13","country":"xs","country_name":"Somaliland","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Somaliland police report a cannabis-cultivation arrest","summary":"Somaliland police reported arresting a man accused of growing cannabis in the yard of a house he owned in Hargeisa’s Ga’an Libaah district.[@1] The published account said traffic police worked with the district station; it reported an arrest and allegation, with no conviction or sentence.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","home-growing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"somaliland-cultivation-arrest-2023","sources":[{"title":"Police arrest man accused of planting cannabis (13 October 2023)","url":"https://horntribune.com/2023/10/13/police-arrest-man-accused-of-planting-cannabis/","publisher":"The Horn Tribune","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"qatar-hamad-port-seizure-2023","code":"CET-3SZSDJ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/qatar-hamad-port-seizure-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/3SZSDJ/","date":"2023-10-01","country":"qa","country_name":"Qatar","place":null,"coordinates":[25.305,51.184],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Qatar's customs find 87 kg of hashish in bales of animal feed","summary":"Customs officers at Hamad Port announced that they had found about 87.5 kilograms of hashish packed among stacks of hay in a container declared as animal feed.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"qatar-hamad-port-seizure-2023","sources":[{"title":"Over 85 kg hashish seized by Qatar Customs (1 October 2023)","url":"https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/01/10/2023/over-85kg-hashish-seized-by-qatar-customs","publisher":"The Peninsula","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-gaza-military-drug-sentences-2023","code":"CET-MVXZHT","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-gaza-military-drug-sentences-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MVXZHT/","date":"2023-07-25","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Gaza military courts hand down two more drug death sentences","summary":"Gaza's military appeal and permanent courts sentenced two men to death and eight to life imprisonment in a batch of drug cases. One man was convicted of repeated trafficking under article 29 of the 2013 drug law; the other of importing drugs for trafficking under article 28.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-gaza-military-drug-sentences-2023","sources":[{"title":"Gaza: death and life sentences for drug dealers, 25 July 2023","url":"https://alquds.com/ar/posts/80596","publisher":"Al-Quds","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"panama-los-santos-cultivation-2023","code":"CET-4E02K2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/panama-los-santos-cultivation-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/4E02K2/","date":"2023-07-17","country":"pa","country_name":"Panama","place":null,"coordinates":[8.52,-80.119],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"A Los Santos grower gets 80 months for 12 plants","summary":"A court sentenced a man to 80 months in prison for cultivation and custody of marijuana seeds and plants under article 314 of the Penal Code, after police found 12 plants and 279 seeds in Los Santos.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"panama-los-santos-cultivation-2023","sources":[{"title":"Condenan a una persona a 80 meses de prisión por delitos relacionados con droga (17 July 2023)","url":"https://ministeriopublico.gob.pa/notas-de-prensa/condenan-a-una-persona-a-80-meses-de-prision-por-delitos-relacionados-con-droga/","publisher":"Procuraduría General de la Nación","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"hong-kong-first-cbd-prison-sentence-2023","code":"CET-ZTWZ8V","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/hong-kong-first-cbd-prison-sentence-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZTWZ8V/","date":"2023-07-07","country":"hk","country_name":"Hong Kong","place":null,"coordinates":[22.398,114.114],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Hong Kong jails a traveller in its first CBD imprisonment case","summary":"A traveller received two months overall after convictions for possessing CBD, possessing ketamine and having injection equipment.[@1] Officers had found two personal-care bottles containing about 5 g of CBD, about 2.2 g of ketamine and ten syringes after her arrival from the United States in March.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["cbd","court","sentencing","enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"hong-kong-first-cbd-prison-sentence-2023","sources":[{"title":"passenger jailed for CBD possession, 7 July 2023","url":"https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2023/07/20230707/20230707_155624_371.html?type=ticker","publisher":"Hong Kong Information Services Department","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-gaza-trafficking-death-sentence-2023","code":"CET-P90363","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-gaza-trafficking-death-sentence-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/P90363/","date":"2023-01-30","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Gaza court again sentences a drug trafficker to death","summary":"Gaza's Supreme Criminal Chamber sentenced a 30-year-old man to death by hanging for possessing and trafficking narcotics to Israel. PCHR called it the first death sentence of 2023 and said the number issued since 1994 had reached 281, including 251 in Gaza.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-gaza-trafficking-death-sentence-2023","sources":[{"title":"Death sentence against a drug dealer in Gaza, 31 January 2023","url":"https://pchrgaza.org/ar/%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85/","publisher":"PCHR","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Gaza: man sentenced to death for drug trafficking, 5 February 2023","url":"https://www.handsoffcain.info/notizia/gaza-man-sentenced-to-death-for-drug-trafficking-60368063","publisher":"Hands Off Cain","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"qatar-world-cup-warning-2022","code":"CET-YK7K50","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/qatar-world-cup-warning-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/YK7K50/","date":"2022-11-09","country":"qa","country_name":"Qatar","place":null,"coordinates":[25.305,51.184],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"World Cup visitors are warned that Qatar arrests for the smallest amounts","summary":"Ahead of the football World Cup, a news agency's guide for fans described Qatar as one of the most restrictive countries in the world on drugs: cannabis is prohibited, as are some common medicines; bags and passengers are scanned at Hamad International Airport, and travellers carrying even very small quantities have been arrested. Smuggling charges can carry the death penalty.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["visitors"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"qatar-world-cup-warning-2022","sources":[{"title":"Hooligans not welcome, what you should know about laws and customs in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup (9 November 2022)","url":"https://www.fox5ny.com/news/hooligans-not-welcome-what-you-should-know-about-laws-and-customs-in-qatar-ahead-of-2022-world-cup","publisher":"Associated Press via Fox 5 New York","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-gaza-hashish-death-sentence-2022","code":"CET-VWWPXM","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-gaza-hashish-death-sentence-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VWWPXM/","date":"2022-10-09","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Gaza court sentences a hashish dealer to death","summary":"Gaza's Grand Criminal Court sentenced a man to death by hanging for possessing hashish and 'happy pills' with intent to traffic, a repeat offence. SHAMS said the PA's 2018 drug law did not provide death; PCHR later said Gaza's 2013 law did. It was the first death sentence by that court in a drug case.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-gaza-hashish-death-sentence-2022","sources":[{"title":"statement on a death sentence in a drug case, 10 October 2022","url":"https://www.shams-pal.org/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/press-releases/press10_10_2022.pdf","publisher":"SHAMS Center","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Gaza: death sentence for a drug dealer, 10 October 2022","url":"https://pnn.ps/news/664834","publisher":"Palestine News Network","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Death sentence against a drug dealer in Gaza, 31 January 2023","url":"https://pchrgaza.org/ar/%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85/","publisher":"PCHR","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"cabo-verde-ribeira-grande-seizure-2022","code":"CET-29D1ZK","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cabo-verde-ribeira-grande-seizure-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/29D1ZK/","date":"2022-10-07","country":"cv","country_name":"Cabo Verde","place":null,"coordinates":[15.955,-23.958],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Cabo Verde seizes 717 kg of cannabis in Ribeira Grande","summary":"The Judicial Police seized about 717 kg of cannabis in Tronco, Ribeira Grande de Santiago, during field checks of cannabis-growing areas; 17 kg was ready to enter the market.[@1] A 38-year-old local man was detained outside flagrante delicto, and a court imposed preventive detention, the harshest pre-trial measure.[@1] All seized drugs were incinerated on site after weighing.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"cabo-verde-ribeira-grande-seizure-2022","sources":[{"title":"Ribeira Grande de Santiago: PJ apreende cerca de 717Kg de cannabis e efetua detenção de homem por tráfico de estupefacientes (11 October 2022)","url":"http://pj.gov.cv/2022/10/11/ribeira-grande-de-santiago-pj-apreende-cerca-de-717kg-de-cannabis-e-efetua-detencao-de-homem-por-trafico-de-estupefacientes/","publisher":"Polícia Judiciária","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"timor-leste-dili-drug-arrests-2022","code":"CET-KHQY3E","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-dili-drug-arrests-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/KHQY3E/","date":"2022-08-15","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Timor-Leste arrests nine in a Dili drug operation involving cannabis","summary":"Police and intelligence officers arrested nine suspects in Dili on 11–12 August; TATOLI reported seizures including suspected cannabis and methamphetamine.[@1] The district court imposed identity-and-residence declarations and periodic reporting, a decision later challenged publicly by a student movement.[@2] Justice Minister Tiago Amaral Sarmento also called for stronger penalties and…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-dili-drug-arrests-2022","sources":[{"title":"President urges young people to avoid drugs after Dili arrests, 15 August 2022","url":"https://id.tatoli.tl/2022/08/15/presiden-horta-minta-kaum-muda-timor-leste-hindari-penggunaan-narkoba/","publisher":"TATOLI","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Student movement challenges court supervision of nine drug suspects, 19 August 2022","url":"https://rttlep.tl/mutl-questiona-a-decisa%CC%83o-do-tdd-sobre-caso-de-trafico-de-drogas/","publisher":"RTTL","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Justice minister asks Parliament to amend the drug law, 17 August 2022","url":"https://tatoli.tl/2022/08/17/mj-husu-pn-altera-lei-kombate-trafiku-no-konsumu-ilisitu-droga/","publisher":"TATOLI","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-hashish-death-sentence-2022","code":"CET-NEVFEP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-hashish-death-sentence-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NEVFEP/","date":"2022-07-19","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Bahrain sentences a hashish smuggler to death over 50 kg from Iran","summary":"The High Criminal Court sentenced a Bahraini man to death on 19 July 2022 for importing and possessing 50 kg of hashish with intent to distribute; prosecutors said the shipment came from Iran and the intelligence dated from March. On appeal the sentence became life imprisonment, and the Court of Cassation upheld the life term on 24 July 2023.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-hashish-death-sentence-2022","sources":[{"title":"Bahraini gets death sentence for drug trafficking","url":"https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1127758","publisher":"Gulf Daily News","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Drugs smuggler loses plea against life term","url":"https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1287229/Drugs-smuggler-loses-plea-against-life-term-","publisher":"Gulf Daily News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"timor-leste-marijuana-parcel-seizure-2022","code":"CET-0Q1NWF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-marijuana-parcel-seizure-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0Q1NWF/","date":"2022-06-01","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Timor-Leste police seize live cannabis seedlings from Ireland","summary":"Police and customs seized a package of live cannabis seedlings during maritime cargo checks on 1 June, the national police reported.[@1] Officers detained a 43-year-old who came to collect it; police said relatives had sent the parcel from Ireland and that examination of its quantity was continuing.[@1] The suspect was referred for an initial court hearing on 3 June.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trade","enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-marijuana-parcel-seizure-2022","sources":[{"title":"Suspected marijuana parcel referred to court, reported June 2022","url":"https://www.pntl.tl/pntl-submete-kazu-transaksaun-droga-ba-tribunal/","publisher":"Timor-Leste National Police","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"south-sudan-bor-bhang-sentences-2022","code":"CET-N95R1V","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/south-sudan-bor-bhang-sentences-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/N95R1V/","date":"2022-05-17","country":"ss","country_name":"South Sudan","place":null,"coordinates":[7.309,30.251],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Bor court gives five young men prison terms and fines five over bhang","summary":"A Bor court sentenced ten men aged eighteen to twenty-two after police found them smoking bhang during a night patrol. According to the state police commissioner, one received a year in prison, four received six months, and five were fined 50,000 South Sudanese pounds each.[@1] Police also arrested a supplier; the report did not state how much cannabis each young man held.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"south-sudan-bor-bhang-sentences-2022","sources":[{"title":"Ten young men sentenced in Bor for possessing bhang (20 May 2022)","url":"https://eyeradio.org/10-young-men-sent-to-jail-in-bor-for-possessing-bhang/","publisher":"Chany Ninrew, Eye Radio","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Penal Code Act 2008","url":"https://mojca.gov.ss/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Penal-Code-Act-9-of-2008.pdf","publisher":"South Sudan Ministry of Justice","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Two arrested in possession of illegal drugs in Torit State (26 April 2019)","url":"https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/two-arrested-in-possession-of-illegal-drugs-in-torit-state","publisher":"Radio Tamazuj","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"tanzania-cultivation-sentence-upheld-2022","code":"CET-NQXGGR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tanzania-cultivation-sentence-upheld-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NQXGGR/","date":"2022-03-25","country":"tz","country_name":"Tanzania","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.268,34.802],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Tanzania upholds thirty years for growing cannabis but drops a possession count","summary":"Tanzania's Court of Appeal upheld Hamis Muhibu Abdallah's thirty-year sentence for cultivating cannabis after police found 535 plants on a farm.[@1] It quashed a separate possession conviction because the uprooted plants proved cultivation, not the additional possession offence charged.[@1] His confession, though retracted, was supported by other evidence linking him to the field, so the…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","eradication"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"tanzania-cultivation-sentence-upheld-2022","sources":[{"title":"Hamis Muhibu Abdallah v Republic, Criminal Appeal 288 of 2021, [2022] TZCA 142","url":"https://media.tanzlii.org/media/judgment/242035/source_file/hamis-muhibu-abdallah-vs-republic-2022-tzca-142-25-march-2022.pdf","publisher":"media.tanzlii.org","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Drug Control and Enforcement Act, Act 5 of 2015, original text","url":"https://elibrary.osg.go.tz/server/api/core/bitstreams/6f7a2608-5c61-4269-8d5e-b6f2f48b69d5/content","publisher":"Tanzania","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"car-ouandago-cannabis-seizure-2022","code":"CET-BFGS3E","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/car-ouandago-cannabis-seizure-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BFGS3E/","date":"2022-02-23","country":"cf","country_name":"Central African Republic","place":null,"coordinates":[6.572,20.462],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Central African Republic police seize cannabis during a security operation","summary":"A joint security operation in Ouandago had led to eleven arrests and the seizure of eleven homemade weapons and over ten kilograms of cannabis, MINUSCA reported. The operation responded to abuses by a self-defence group; the figures were a mid-operation report.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","military"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"car-ouandago-cannabis-seizure-2022","sources":[{"title":"Police spokesperson's report on the Ouandago operation, 23 February 2022","url":"https://minusca.unmissions.org/fr/communiques-de-presse/le-rapport-du-secretaire-general-des-nations-unies-sur-la-rca","publisher":"MINUSCA","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"libya-anti-narcotics-agency-rebuilt-2022","code":"CET-TFW2QT","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/libya-anti-narcotics-agency-rebuilt-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TFW2QT/","date":"2022-01-17","country":"ly","country_name":"Libya","place":null,"coordinates":[27.017,18.066],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Libya's unity government rebuilds the anti-narcotics agency","summary":"The Tripoli-based Government of National Unity organised a new Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Agency with its headquarters in Tripoli and branches to be opened by the interior minister. The agency was given powers over cultivation, trafficking and use, treatment and rehabilitation, and its own budget, including half of the assets confiscated in drug cases.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"libya-anti-narcotics-agency-rebuilt-2022","sources":[{"title":"Cabinet Decision No. 36 of 2022 organising the anti-narcotics agency (Arabic)","url":"https://lawsociety.ly/legislation/%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%b1%d9%82%d9%85-36-%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%86%d8%a9-2022-%d9%85-%d8%a8%d8%aa%d9%86%d8%b8%d9%8a%d9%85-%d8%ac%d9%87%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d9%85%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%ad%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84/","publisher":"Law Society of Libya","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kiribati-one-cannabis-plant-fine-2021","code":"CET-8Y67CZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kiribati-one-cannabis-plant-fine-2021/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8Y67CZ/","date":"2021-11-25","country":"ki","country_name":"Kiribati","place":null,"coordinates":[0.893,-167.922],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Kiribati fines a man A$250 for keeping one cannabis plant","summary":"A man who kept a small cannabis plant belonging to his late half-brother received a A$250 fine after pleading guilty to possession. Chief Justice William Hastings found no evidence of use or dealing and treated the case as less serious than the earlier fisheries officer’s cannabis offence.[@1] Failure to pay by the end of December would bring one month in prison.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","home-growing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kiribati-one-cannabis-plant-fine-2021","sources":[{"title":"Republic v Folik, sentence of 25 November 2021 (archived PacLII copy)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20241215113624id_/https://paclii.org/ki/cases/KIHC/2021/12.html","publisher":"High Court of Kiribati","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Republic v Kourabi, sentence of 22 May 2018 (archived PacLII copy)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20241223011331id_/http://www.paclii.org/ki/cases/KIHC/2018/20.html","publisher":"High Court of Kiribati","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Revised Edition 1977","url":"https://kiribati.tradeportal.org/media/Dangerous%20Drugs%20Ordinance,%201948.pdf","publisher":"Kiribati Government Trade Portal","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"russia-fogel-arrest-2021","code":"CET-RRXV73","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/russia-fogel-arrest-2021/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/RRXV73/","date":"2021-08-15","country":"ru","country_name":"Russia","place":null,"coordinates":[66.032,95.642],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"An American teacher gets 14 years in Russia for medical cannabis","summary":"Customs officers at Sheremetyevo airport found about 17 grams of cannabis in the luggage of Marc Fogel, a history teacher who had worked in Russia since 2012; an American doctor had prescribed it for chronic pain. In June 2022 he was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to 14 years.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"russia-fogel-arrest-2021","sources":[{"title":"Marc Fogel","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Fogel","publisher":"Wikipedia","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palau-peleliu-raid-2021","code":"CET-G1E07V","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palau-peleliu-raid-2021/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/G1E07V/","date":"2021-04-26","country":"pw","country_name":"Palau","place":null,"coordinates":[7.286,134.406],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Palau seizes 635 cannabis plants in Peleliu","summary":"Police seized 635 cannabis plants, 136 joints, about 250 lb of marijuana and $18,000 in cash in Peleliu; four Bangladeshi suspects were arrested. Police estimated the retail value at more than $400,000.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palau-peleliu-raid-2021","sources":[{"title":"635 marijuana plants, $18,000 cash seized in Peleliu bust (26 April 2021)","url":"https://islandtimes.org/635-marijuana-plants-18000-cash-seized-in-peleliu-bust/","publisher":"Island Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"transnistria-homegrow-harvest-charges-2021","code":"CET-MX1KQ1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/transnistria-homegrow-harvest-charges-2021/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MX1KQ1/","date":"2021-04-14","country":"xt","country_name":"Transnistria","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Transnistria sends a personal grower’s harvest case to court","summary":"Investigators sent Ivan Zavyazkin’s case to court after police found 34 cannabis plants and 749.054 g of dried cannabis at his cottage in an October 2020 search.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["home-growing","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"transnistria-homegrow-harvest-charges-2021","sources":[{"title":"Tiraspol resident faces criminal proceedings for growing cannabis (14 April 2021)","url":"https://novostipmr.com/ru/content/za-nezakonnoe-vyraschivanie-konopli-tiraspolchaninu-grozit-ugolovnaya","publisher":"Novosti Pridnestrovya","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"macau-four-plant-grow-arrest-2021","code":"CET-E0RQWR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/macau-four-plant-grow-arrest-2021/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/E0RQWR/","date":"2021-01-18","country":"mo","country_name":"Macau","place":null,"coordinates":[22.223,113.509],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police find a four-plant cannabis grow in a Tap Seac flat","summary":"Judiciary Police arrested a 28-year-old Taiwanese man and a 22-year-old local man after finding four cannabis plants, a portable greenhouse, a heating lamp, seeds and growing equipment in a rented flat near Tap Seac. The pair had met a year earlier, and police said they believed the plants were grown for sale. Officers came across the operation while investigating another drug case.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"macau-four-plant-grow-arrest-2021","sources":[{"title":"Taiwan-Macao duo caught for growing cannabis at home, 19 January 2021","url":"https://macaonews.org/news/city/taiwan-macao-duo-caught-for-growing-cannabis-at-home-2/","publisher":"Macao News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"qatar-airport-courier-2021","code":"CET-VDTFKJ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/qatar-airport-courier-2021/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VDTFKJ/","date":"2021-01-07","country":"qa","country_name":"Qatar","place":null,"coordinates":[25.305,51.184],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Five years for a suitcase of hashish at Doha airport","summary":"A man whose suitcase was picked out by a scanner at Hamad International Airport was sentenced to five years in prison, a fine of 300,000 riyals and deportation. He said a friend at home, who had promised him a job in Qatar and paid for his ticket, had given him the case to deliver.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"qatar-airport-courier-2021","sources":[{"title":"Man sentenced to five years for smuggling weed (7 January 2021)","url":"https://dohanews.co/man-sentenced-to-five-years-for-smuggling-weed/","publisher":"Doha News","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"turkmenistan-drug-incinerator-2020","code":"CET-HKYBV2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/turkmenistan-drug-incinerator-2020/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HKYBV2/","date":"2020-12-02","country":"tm","country_name":"Turkmenistan","place":null,"coordinates":[39.125,59.447],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Turkmenistan opens a drug incinerator and burns 122.5 kg","summary":"President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow opened a drug-disposal complex 100 km north of Ashgabat on 2 December 2020. More than 122.5 kg of narcotics seized by the Interior Ministry were burned in its furnaces. The government presented the facility as a sign of its commitment to drug control; it did not say which drugs made up the total.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"turkmenistan-drug-incinerator-2020","sources":[{"title":"Berdimuhamedov took part in the destruction of more than 122 kilograms of drugs (Turkmenportal)","url":"https://turkmenportal.com/en/news/32611-berdimuhamedowyn-gatnashmagynda-122-kilogramdan-gowrak-neshe-serishdeleri-yakyldy-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------","publisher":"turkmenportal.com","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"togo-cannabis-bus-seizure-2020","code":"CET-QDG3RJ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/togo-cannabis-bus-seizure-2020/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QDG3RJ/","date":"2020-09-16","country":"tg","country_name":"Togo","place":null,"coordinates":[8.521,0.964],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Togo seizes 1.5 tonnes of cannabis hidden in a bus","summary":"Security officials in Lomé presented 1,541.60 kg of cannabis and three arrested suspects after stopping a bus arriving from Ghana during the night of 14–15 September. According to the authorities, the cannabis was hidden among second-hand clothing and was being taken to Benin through Togo.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trafficking","trade"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"togo-cannabis-bus-seizure-2020","sources":[{"title":"Lutte contre la criminalité transnationale : une importante saisie de cannabis et trois présumés trafiquants présentés à la presse (17 September 2020)","url":"https://atop.tg/lutte-contre-la-criminalite-transnationale-une-importante-saisie-de-cannabis-et-trois-presumes-trafiquants-presentes-a-la-presse/","publisher":"Agence Togolaise de Presse","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"new criminal code of 24 November 2015","url":"https://jo.gouv.tg/sites/default/files/publications/LOI_2015_010.pdf","publisher":"Togo Journal officiel","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Le Togo détruit 6 tonnes de drogues saisies en 2024 (15 January 2026)","url":"https://www.republicoftogo.com/toutes-les-rubriques/societe/le-togo-detruit-6-tonnes-de-drogues-saisies-en-2024","publisher":"République Togolaise","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Plus de 50 tonnes de drogues saisies l’année dernière (28 June 2026)","url":"https://www.republicoftogo.com/toutes-les-rubriques/societe/plus-de-50-tonnes-de-drogues-saisies-l-annee-derniere","publisher":"République Togolaise","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"marshall-islands-personal-cannabis-import-report-2020","code":"CET-P69MWN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/marshall-islands-personal-cannabis-import-report-2020/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/P69MWN/","date":"2020-01-03","country":"mh","country_name":"Marshall Islands","place":null,"coordinates":[7.015,170.331],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Marshall Islands reports suspended jail term for a personal cannabis import","summary":"A January newspaper report described a six-month suspended sentence and a $1,000 fine for Gandhi Heine after he pleaded guilty to importing marijuana. His lawyer said the cannabis was for personal use to relieve back pain.[@1] Chief Justice Carl Ingram approved the plea agreement, which included probation conditions restricting travel outside Majuro.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","patients","trade","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"marshall-islands-personal-cannabis-import-report-2020","sources":[{"title":"Gandhi fined $1,000 for marijuana import, 3 January 2020","url":"https://fliphtml5.com/slixn/adaq/Marshall_Islands_Journal_1-3-2020/","publisher":"Marshall Islands Journal","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kiribati-line-islands-cocaine-cannabis-2019","code":"CET-DREA52","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kiribati-line-islands-cocaine-cannabis-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/DREA52/","date":"2019-12-20","country":"ki","country_name":"Kiribati","place":null,"coordinates":[0.893,-167.922],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Cocaine and cannabis packages found in the Line Islands","summary":"Police reported a 1.5 kg cocaine package and more than 3 kg of marijuana found in the Line Islands and taken to Betio headquarters. Police said illicit drugs were already in the country and warned that young people were probably using them; no arrest or outcome was reported.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kiribati-line-islands-cocaine-cannabis-2019","sources":[{"title":"Kiribati police find cocaine and marijuana packages in the Line Islands (31 December 2019)","url":"https://islandtimes.org/kiribati-police-find-cocaine-and-marijuana-packages-in-the-line-islands/","publisher":"Island Times","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}]},{"id":"solomon-islands-mbarande-raid-2019","code":"CET-M9NERP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/solomon-islands-mbarande-raid-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/M9NERP/","date":"2019-10-22","country":"sb","country_name":"Solomon Islands","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.922,159.62],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police clear 5,500 cannabis plants from Guadalcanal's Mbarande area","summary":"On 21 and 22 October 2019 a joint RSIPF team uprooted more than 5,500 marijuana plants at several locations in Mbarande, North East Guadalcanal. No one was arrested at the time, and police asked village chiefs, church leaders and youth leaders to help identify the growers.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"solomon-islands-mbarande-raid-2019","sources":[{"title":"Marijuana Bust in North East Guadalcanal","url":"https://www.solomontimes.com/news/marijuana-bust-in-north-east-guadalcanal/9419","publisher":"Solomon Times","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Marijuana Haul Worth Close to SBD$1 Million","url":"https://www.solomontimes.com/news/marijuana-haul-worth-close-to-sbd1-million/9176","publisher":"Solomon Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palau-peleliu-tonne-2019","code":"CET-5FEA02","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palau-peleliu-tonne-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5FEA02/","date":"2019-08-09","country":"pw","country_name":"Palau","place":null,"coordinates":[7.286,134.406],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Palau burns more than a tonne of cannabis in Peleliu","summary":"Police seized and burned over a tonne of marijuana from about 20 houses in Peleliu. It was one of the largest cannabis seizures in Palau and showed the scale of local cultivation.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palau-peleliu-tonne-2019","sources":[{"title":"Ton of marijuana seized, burnt by NEA (13 August 2019)","url":"https://islandtimes.org/ton-of-marijuana-seized-burnt-by-nea/","publisher":"Island Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"equatorial-guinea-muni-river-trafficking-2019","code":"CET-30RE98","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/equatorial-guinea-muni-river-trafficking-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/30RE98/","date":"2019-07-01","country":"gq","country_name":"Equatorial Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[1.706,10.342],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Home-grown cannabis is trafficked to Gabon via the Muni river","summary":"Cannabis is cultivated in Equatorial Guinea, with some of the product trafficked to Gabon via the Muni river, according to the 2019 United States OSAC crime and safety report for the country.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"equatorial-guinea-muni-river-trafficking-2019","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis in Equatorial Guinea","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Equatorial_Guinea","publisher":"Wikipedia","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":"solomon-islands-kiribati-cannabis-export-2019","code":"CET-MVZ3CP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/solomon-islands-kiribati-cannabis-export-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MVZ3CP/","date":"2019-06-19","country":"ki","country_name":"Kiribati","place":null,"coordinates":[0.893,-167.922],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Solomon Islands police intercept a cannabis parcel bound for Kiribati","summary":"Aviation security detected a suspicious box on a Solomon Airlines flight to Kiribati and police found cannabis. Two people, including an airline employee, were charged with attempted export and appeared in the Honiara Magistrates' Court in late July 2019. The amount was not stated.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"solomon-islands-kiribati-cannabis-export-2019","sources":[{"title":"Two charged for attempted marijuana export to Kiribati (26 July 2019)","url":"https://www.solomonstarnews.com/two-charged-for-attempted-marijuana-export-to-kiribati/","publisher":"Solomon Star","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"russia-golunov-article-228-2019","code":"CET-409QFK","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/russia-golunov-article-228-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/409QFK/","date":"2019-06-07","country":"ru","country_name":"Russia","place":null,"coordinates":[66.032,95.642],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"A journalist's arrest puts Russia's drug article on trial","summary":"Moscow police arrested the investigative reporter Ivan Golunov on drug charges; they published photographs of a drug laboratory and then admitted that only one had been taken in his flat. Three leading newspapers ran the same front page, the case was dropped after four days, and five officers were later sentenced to between 5 and 12 years. The case revived calls to soften Article 228.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"russia-golunov-article-228-2019","sources":[{"title":"Ivan Golunov","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Golunov","publisher":"Wikipedia","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Путин отказался смягчить наказание по статье 228 УК после дела Голунова (20 June 2019)","url":"https://zona.media/news/2019/06/20/228","publisher":"Mediazona","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"south-sudan-torit-bangi-arrests-2019","code":"CET-RRA6Y4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/south-sudan-torit-bangi-arrests-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/RRA6Y4/","date":"2019-04-26","country":"ss","country_name":"South Sudan","place":null,"coordinates":[7.309,30.251],"precision":"country","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Torit police report two arrests over four sacks of cannabis","summary":"Torit police said they arrested a man and a woman over four sacks of bangi, each reported as 100 kg, transported from Ketire into the town. The spokesperson said the suspects were in custody during the investigation and would be sent to court.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"south-sudan-torit-bangi-arrests-2019","sources":[{"title":"Two arrested in possession of illegal drugs in Torit State (26 April 2019)","url":"https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/two-arrested-in-possession-of-illegal-drugs-in-torit-state","publisher":"Radio Tamazuj","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"myanmar-hemp-plantation-raid-2019","code":"CET-8AXMNJ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/myanmar-hemp-plantation-raid-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8AXMNJ/","date":"2019-04-22","country":"mm","country_name":"Myanmar","place":null,"coordinates":[21.113,96.495],"precision":"country","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"Myanmar police raid an American's hemp plantation","summary":"Police raided a 20-acre plantation on an industrial estate in Ngunzun township, Mandalay region, and arrested the American entrepreneur John Frederic Todoroki and two Myanmar employees. Six days later the region's chief minister said his government had allowed the firm to grow fibre plants for one year. Todoroki was released on medical bail in July 2019 and reportedly left the country.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["hemp"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"myanmar-hemp-plantation-raid-2019","sources":[{"title":"report on the 20-year sentence for a worker at the US hemp grower's plantation, 10 March 2020","url":"https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/hemp-grower-03102020164506.html","publisher":"Radio Free Asia","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"vanuatu-young-cannabis-seller-sentence-2019","code":"CET-XMC9Z5","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/vanuatu-young-cannabis-seller-sentence-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XMC9Z5/","date":"2019-03-01","country":"vu","country_name":"Vanuatu","place":null,"coordinates":[-16.217,167.675],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Vanuatu suspends a young cannabis seller’s ten-month prison sentence","summary":"Kaston Niawiye received concurrent ten-month sentences, suspended for two years, for possession, cultivation and sale of cannabis, plus twelve months’ supervision.[@1] He had been eighteen when he sold rolls for an older relative; the court found no evidence that he grew his ten plants commercially or personally shared the sale proceeds.[@1] The judgment applied the personal-growing guidance…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","youth","trafficking","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"vanuatu-young-cannabis-seller-sentence-2019","sources":[{"title":"personal growing and low-level cannabis sales","url":"https://courts.gov.vu/court-activity/judgments/706","publisher":"Public Prosecutor v Niawiye","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"iraq-badra-personal-use-fines-2019","code":"CET-MQ6GWY","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/iraq-badra-personal-use-fines-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MQ6GWY/","date":"2019-02-13","country":"iq","country_name":"Iraq","place":null,"coordinates":[33.01,43.774],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"An Iraqi court fines personal-use offenders; inspectors challenge the amounts","summary":"A Badra court imposed one-million-dinar fines in three personal-use drug cases, relying on general sentencing mitigation to impose a fine alone.[@1] Judicial inspectors said that choosing a fine did not allow judges to go below the drug law's five-million-dinar minimum, and recommended appeals against the judgments.[@1] Their later published review concerns drug offences generally and does not…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"iraq-badra-personal-use-fines-2019","sources":[{"title":"Fines under article 32 of the drug law","url":"https://www.sjc.iq/view.68465/","publisher":"Supreme Judicial Council, Judicial Supervision Authority","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"serbia-cannabis-drying-sentence-2019","code":"CET-VGFGGA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/serbia-cannabis-drying-sentence-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VGFGGA/","date":"2019-01-23","country":"rs","country_name":"Serbia","place":null,"coordinates":[44.211,20.806],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Serbia’s top court keeps three years for preparing cannabis to sell","summary":"Marko Luković’s three-year prison sentence stood after the top court found that drying cannabis flowers and packaging them for sale amounted to drug production. He had collected flowers near the Morava and later carried the prepared cannabis to Kraljevo for sale. The court distinguished this processing from growing a plant, which then had a separate six-month-to-five-year penalty.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"serbia-cannabis-drying-sentence-2019","sources":[{"title":"Kzz 1521/2018, judgment of 23 January 2019","url":"https://www.vrh.sud.rs/sr/vks-search-download-file/28290","publisher":"Serbia Supreme Court of Cassation","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Criminal Code consolidated through Gazette 94/2016","url":"https://mss.jt.rs/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.pdf","publisher":"Serbian public prosecution service","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Bulletin 2/2009","url":"https://ustavni.sud.rs/Storage/Global/Documents/Sudska_Praksa/2_2009.pdf","publisher":"Serbia Constitutional Court","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Criminal Code amendment, Gazette 35/2019","url":"https://www.parlament.gov.rs/upload/archive/files/lat/pdf/zakoni/2019/1627-19%20-%20Lat..pdf","publisher":"Serbia National Assembly","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Act on Psychoactive Controlled Substances, adopted 22 December 2010","url":"https://www.parlament.gov.rs/upload/archive/files/lat/pdf/zakoni/2010/3210_10LAT.zip","publisher":"Serbia National Assembly","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}]},{"id":"bahrain-home-growing-sentence-2019","code":"CET-157V2W","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-home-growing-sentence-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/157V2W/","date":"2019-01-19","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Bahrain jails a home cannabis grower and acquits him of selling","summary":"A 56-year-old former flight attendant received three years in prison and a 1,000-dinar fine after convictions involving growing cannabis at home and unlawful possession of a weapon and ammunition, The Daily Tribune reported.[@1] Police had raided his home after a tip-off; he said he grew for himself and learned online.[@1] The court acquitted him of selling because the evidence was…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","home-growing","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-home-growing-sentence-2019","sources":[{"title":"Ex-flight attendant jailed for growing marijuana at home","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/50376.html","publisher":"The Daily Tribune","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"narcotics law","url":"https://www.lloc.gov.bh/Legislation/HTM/K1507","publisher":"Bahrain Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"capital drug penalties introduced in 1984","url":"https://www.lloc.gov.bh/Legislation/HTM/L1084","publisher":"Bahrain","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"original narcotics law and schedules","url":"https://www.lloc.gov.bh/PDF/K1507.pdf","publisher":"Bahrain Official Gazette","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Appeal panel reduces sentence in Bahrain drug cultivation case","url":"https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/125641.html","publisher":"The Daily Tribune","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"guinea-dixinn-cannabis-defence-2019","code":"CET-BW5TEZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/guinea-dixinn-cannabis-defence-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BW5TEZ/","date":"2019-01-16","country":"gn","country_name":"Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[10.437,-10.935],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Guinea defence challenges cannabis charges against eleven young men","summary":"Eleven young men appeared in Dixinn after cannabis arrests in Ratoma; prosecutors sought prison for some and acquittal for four. Their lawyer challenged the possession evidence and the requested fines, arguing that the law linked fines to the value of drugs seized.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"guinea-dixinn-cannabis-defence-2019","sources":[{"title":"Court report on the cannabis hearing at Dixinn, 17 January 2019","url":"https://guineenews.org/2019/01/17/justice-larticle-832-du-code-penal-pour-sauver-des-presumes-drogues/","publisher":"Guinéenews","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"bahrain-first-drug-death-sentences-2018","code":"CET-GBD4M0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahrain-first-drug-death-sentences-2018/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GBD4M0/","date":"2018-12-31","country":"bh","country_name":"Bahrain","place":null,"coordinates":[26.042,50.542],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Bahrain hands down its first death sentences for hashish trafficking","summary":"On 31 December 2018 the First High Criminal Court sentenced two of seven defendants to death for possessing, cultivating, smuggling and dealing in drugs; more than 18.5 kg of hashish was involved, and each was fined BHD10,000. It was the first time Bahraini courts imposed death for a non-lethal drug offence.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"bahrain-first-drug-death-sentences-2018","sources":[{"title":"'The Court is Satisfied with the Confession': Bahrain Death Sentences Follow Torture, Sham Trials","url":"https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/10/10/court-satisfied-confession/bahrain-death-sentences-follow-torture-sham-trials","publisher":"Human Rights Watch","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Bahrain: Court hands down death sentences to duo convicted of selling narcotics","url":"https://www.handsoffcain.info/notizia/bahrain-court-hands-down-death-sentences-to-duo-convicted-of-selling-narcotics-40300162","publisher":"Hands Off Cain","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"From uprising to executions","url":"https://birdbh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Reprieve_BahrainDeathPenalty_23.07.2021_.pdf","publisher":"Reprieve and Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"sudan-hashish-trafficking-judgment-2018","code":"CET-N83FT1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sudan-hashish-trafficking-judgment-2018/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/N83FT1/","date":"2018-11-16","country":"sd","country_name":"Sudan","place":null,"coordinates":[15.968,29.907],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Sudan’s Supreme Court upholds a life sentence for hashish trafficking","summary":"In Sudan Government v. Z. A. A. J., the National Supreme Court confirms an article 15 conviction involving 657.3 grams of hashish found in the accused’s locked bag. It treats the quantity as evidence of trafficking intent, upholds life imprisonment and reduces the fine to 10,000 pounds.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","trafficking","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sudan-hashish-trafficking-judgment-2018","sources":[{"title":"Sudan Government v. Z. A. A. 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Media called it Tonga's largest cannabis bust at the time, though a 2017 raid at Matahau had found 3,894 plants.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"tonga-vavau-cannabis-bust-2018","sources":[{"title":"Seven in court on Tonga's biggest cannabis bust (2 October 2018)","url":"https://matangitonga.to/2018/10/02/seven-court-tongas-biggest-cannabis-bust","publisher":"Matangi Tonga","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"jordan-seizures-triple-2018","code":"CET-V1PGQ8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jordan-seizures-triple-2018/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/V1PGQ8/","date":"2018-07-01","country":"jo","country_name":"Jordan","place":null,"coordinates":[31.239,36.757],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Jordan's cannabis seizures triple in five years","summary":"Cannabis seizures tripled from 444 kg to 1,478 kg between 2013 and 2018, a 233 percent increase that authorities read as a sign of increased national drug use.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"jordan-seizures-triple-2018","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis in Jordan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Jordan","publisher":"Wikipedia","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"transnistria-medical-homegrow-police-2018","code":"CET-8ZQA7V","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/transnistria-medical-homegrow-police-2018/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8ZQA7V/","date":"2018-06-11","country":"xt","country_name":"Transnistria","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Transnistrian police seize a woman’s cannabis grown for rubbing tinctures","summary":"During the Mak-2018 campaign, police in the Dubossary district found thirteen cannabis plants and one poppy in a 55-year-old woman’s garden.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["home-growing","eradication"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"transnistria-medical-homegrow-police-2018","sources":[{"title":"Dubossary residents face proceedings for growing prohibited plants (11 June 2018)","url":"https://novostipmr.com/ru/content/zhiteley-dubossarskogo-rayona-privlekut-k-otvetstvennosti-za","publisher":"Novosti Pridnestrovya","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Criminal Code, consolidated through 26 November 2014","url":"https://minjust.org/Web.nsf/767eb8a58ad76a2bc22574d5002acf15/bc99c01c595ff2f1c22576be00467466!OpenDocument&Click=","publisher":"Ministry of Justice of Transnistria","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Law 231-ZI-VI of 26 July 2018","url":"https://president.gospmr.org/file.xp?file=26752","publisher":"President of Transnistria","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Tiraspol resident faces criminal proceedings for growing cannabis (14 April 2021)","url":"https://novostipmr.com/ru/content/za-nezakonnoe-vyraschivanie-konopli-tiraspolchaninu-grozit-ugolovnaya","publisher":"Novosti Pridnestrovya","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kiribati-cannabis-knowledge-conviction-2018","code":"CET-3EPSZ7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kiribati-cannabis-knowledge-conviction-2018/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/3EPSZ7/","date":"2018-05-22","country":"ki","country_name":"Kiribati","place":null,"coordinates":[0.893,-167.922],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Kiribati fines a fisheries officer who kept and used cannabis","summary":"Fisheries officer Tebaatei Kourabi received a fine after being convicted of keeping cannabis he had found and used for about a month.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kiribati-cannabis-knowledge-conviction-2018","sources":[{"title":"Republic v Kourabi, conviction of 21 May 2018 (archived PacLII copy)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20241215114306id_/https://paclii.org/ki/cases/KIHC/2018/18.html","publisher":"High Court of Kiribati","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Republic v Kourabi, sentence of 22 May 2018 (archived PacLII copy)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20241223011331id_/http://www.paclii.org/ki/cases/KIHC/2018/20.html","publisher":"High Court of Kiribati","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"rwanda-rubavu-cannabis-seizure-2017","code":"CET-4Y9J89","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/rwanda-rubavu-cannabis-seizure-2017/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/4Y9J89/","date":"2017-12-19","country":"rw","country_name":"Rwanda","place":null,"coordinates":[-1.99,29.92],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police seize 400 kg of cannabis trafficked from DR Congo","summary":"Police intercepted a car on the Rubavu–Nyabihu road carrying 320 kg of cannabis and a motorcycle in Rubavu carrying 80 kg, after residents tipped them off. The drivers escaped, but police said they had identified the traffickers.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"rwanda-rubavu-cannabis-seizure-2017","sources":[{"title":"Breaking chain of drug supply, 400kgs of cannabis seized (19 December 2017)","url":"https://police.gov.rw/media/news-detail/news/breaking-chain-of-drug-supply-400kgs-of-cannabis-seized/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=d8596c67fd8e3187ecde20579e1fcdd9","publisher":"Rwanda National Police","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"sao-tome-port-cannabis-seizure-2017","code":"CET-8WCJ03","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sao-tome-port-cannabis-seizure-2017/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8WCJ03/","date":"2017-11-09","country":"st","country_name":"São Tomé and Príncipe","place":null,"coordinates":[0.443,6.723],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"São Tomé port police seize over a kilogram of cannabis on a Lagos ship","summary":"Police detained a Nigerian crew member and a São Toméan alleged accomplice after intercepting more than a kilogram of liamba, or cannabis, at São Tomé’s port.[@1] Criminal investigation police director Suleimany Tenjua said the seizure involved a ship on the Lagos–São Tomé route; the two detainees were to be brought before the judicial authorities.[@1] State news agency STP-PRESS reported the…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trade","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sao-tome-port-cannabis-seizure-2017","sources":[{"title":"Polícia Fiscal do Porto de São Tomé neutraliza entrada de droga no País","url":"https://www.stp-press.st/2017/11/10/policia-fiscal-do-porto-de-sao-tome-neutraliza-entrada-de-droga-no-pais/","publisher":"STP-PRESS","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Penal Code republished with the 2021 amendment","url":"https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/sao209843.pdf","publisher":"São Tomé and Príncipe","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"PJ apreende 30 gramas de liamba e detém três homens em flagrante em São Tomé","url":"https://rstp.st/2025/08/05/pj-apreende-30-gramas-de-liamba-e-detem-tres-homens-em-flagrante-em-sao-tome/","publisher":"RSTP","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"sudan-radom-campaign-2017","code":"CET-DPKXQE","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sudan-radom-campaign-2017/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/DPKXQE/","date":"2017-11-08","country":"sd","country_name":"Sudan","place":null,"coordinates":[15.968,29.907],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Sudanese police destroy 500 cannabis farms in a month","summary":"A force of 366 men with 29 vehicles, a helicopter and drones spent the harvest month in El Radoom, destroyed about 500 farms and seized more than 30,000 packages of cannabis and 54,000 pieces of hashish. An armed group ambushed them and two officers were wounded.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["eradication","enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"sudan-radom-campaign-2017","sources":[{"title":"South Darfur, police destroy 500 farms, seize vast cannabis haul (8 November 2017)","url":"https://www.dabangasudan.org/en?p=177286","publisher":"Radio Dabanga","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"timor-leste-cannabis-plants-conviction-2017","code":"CET-8HHWQ7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-cannabis-plants-conviction-2017/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8HHWQ7/","date":"2017-10-20","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Timor-Leste gives an Australian 3½ years in a suspected cannabis-plant case","summary":"A Dili court sentenced Australian resident Tony Crean to three and a half years in prison in a case involving cannabis plants, according to Lusa.[@1] The report says he was convicted for possession and trafficking but acquitted of consumption after a negative urine test.[@1] He had been held since January, and his defence said it would appeal.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","home-growing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-cannabis-plants-conviction-2017","sources":[{"title":"Australian sentenced to three and a half years in Timor-Leste, 20 October 2017","url":"https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/australiano-condenado-em-timor-leste-a-tres-anos-e-meio-de-cadeia-por-posse-de-droga_n1035081","publisher":"Lusa via 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to…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","home-growing","religion","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"vanuatu-village-growers-community-work-2017","sources":[{"title":"small cannabis grows and personal possession","url":"https://courts.gov.vu/court-activity/judgments/198","publisher":"Public Prosecutor v Lovis","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"vanuatu-pest-barrier-cannabis-2017","code":"CET-PM3955","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/vanuatu-pest-barrier-cannabis-2017/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PM3955/","date":"2017-05-15","country":"vu","country_name":"Vanuatu","place":null,"coordinates":[-16.217,167.675],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Vanuatu gives community work to a man who grew cannabis to deter rats","summary":"Roro Iauko received sixty hours of community service after admitting that he had planted twenty-six cannabis plants as a pest barrier in his garden.[@1] The judge accepted that the crop was intended for horticultural use, but ruled that this purpose did not provide a defence to unlawful cultivation.[@1] Applying the 2013 guidance, he placed the case at the lower end of the personal-growing…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","home-growing","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"vanuatu-pest-barrier-cannabis-2017","sources":[{"title":"cannabis grown as a pest barrier","url":"https://courts.gov.vu/court-activity/judgments/107","publisher":"Public Prosecutor v Iauko","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Industrial Hemp and Medical Cannabis Act No. 31 of 2021","url":"https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/van225914.pdf","publisher":"faolex.fao.org","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Consolidated Edition 2006","url":"https://tradeportal.gov.vu/media/Dangerous%20Drugs%20Act%20No.%2025%20of%202005_1.pdf","publisher":"Dangerous Drugs Act, Cap. 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Four were sentenced on 7 June 2018. It appears to have been larger than the Vava'u bust that media later called Tonga's biggest.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"tonga-matahau-cannabis-plantation-2017","sources":[{"title":"Eight accused in drug bust kept in custody (9 May 2017)","url":"https://matangitonga.to/2017/05/09/eight-accused-drug-bust-kept-custody","publisher":"Matangi Tonga","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Cannabis cultivator and teen assistants jailed (7 June 2018)","url":"https://matangitonga.to/2018/06/07/cannabis-cultivator-and-teen-assistants-jailed","publisher":"Matangi Tonga","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-gaza-drug-death-sentences-2017","code":"CET-R3QNHF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-gaza-drug-death-sentences-2017/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/R3QNHF/","date":"2017-03-19","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Hamas court sentences two drug dealers to death","summary":"A Hamas military court in Gaza sentenced two men to death for drug dealing, the first such verdicts since Hamas took power in 2007. One was to be executed by firing squad and the other was sentenced in absentia; the interior ministry said police had seized $2 million of drugs in January, mostly cannabis and narcotics.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-gaza-drug-death-sentences-2017","sources":[{"title":"Gaza: Hamas sentences 2 drug dealers to death, 19 March 2017","url":"https://www.handsoffcain.info/notizia/gaza-hamas-sentences-2-drug-dealers-to-death-30305796","publisher":"Hands Off Cain","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"timor-leste-cannabis-plants-pretrial-2017","code":"CET-5F8CDF","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/timor-leste-cannabis-plants-pretrial-2017/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5F8CDF/","date":"2017-01-31","country":"tl","country_name":"Timor-Leste","place":null,"coordinates":[-8.829,125.846],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Timor-Leste holds an Australian before trial over five cannabis plants","summary":"An Australian resident entered pretrial custody in Dili in a case involving five suspected cannabis plants, according to Lusa reporting.[@1] Prosecutors had challenged an earlier decision allowing him to remain outside prison with reporting requirements and a confiscated passport, and the appeal court backed detention.[@1] The case later led to a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence, with the…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","home-growing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"timor-leste-cannabis-plants-pretrial-2017","sources":[{"title":"Australian held before trial over five suspected marijuana plants, 31 January 2017","url":"https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/australiano-em-prisao-preventiva-em-timor-leste-por-posse-de-plantas-de-marijuana_n979628","publisher":"Lusa via RTP","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Australian sentenced to three and a half years in Timor-Leste, 20 October 2017","url":"https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/australiano-condenado-em-timor-leste-a-tres-anos-e-meio-de-cadeia-por-posse-de-droga_n1035081","publisher":"Lusa via RTP","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"jamaica-court-cases-fall-after-reform-2016","code":"CET-M47Y0C","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jamaica-court-cases-fall-after-reform-2016/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/M47Y0C/","date":"2016-07-01","country":"jm","country_name":"Jamaica","place":null,"coordinates":[18.157,-77.315],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Jamaica's courts see far fewer cannabis cases after decriminalisation","summary":"According to Harm Reduction International, court cases for possessing or smoking cannabis fell by more than 90 per cent after the reform of April 2015, and criminal cases referred to the courts in 2016 were 25 per cent fewer than in 2014. In 2016 the government nearly doubled its budget for the national HIV response, from 2.83 to 5.17 million US dollars.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"jamaica-court-cases-fall-after-reform-2016","sources":[{"title":"Jamaica case study: Divesting from Prohibition, Investing in the HIV Response (2025)","url":"https://hri.global/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Jamaica.pdf","publisher":"Harm Reduction International","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kiribati-prescription-marijuana-sailor-2016","code":"CET-WCBQWT","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kiribati-prescription-marijuana-sailor-2016/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/WCBQWT/","date":"2016-06-07","country":"ki","country_name":"Kiribati","place":null,"coordinates":[0.893,-167.922],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Kiribati fines a sailor whose prescribed marijuana was a prohibited import","summary":"Portuguese sailor Joao Afonso was fined A$1,600 on a marijuana charge after the court accepted that it was part of his prescribed treatment but held it was a prohibited import in Kiribati.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","patients","trade","visitors"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kiribati-prescription-marijuana-sailor-2016","sources":[{"title":"Republic v Afonso, sentence of 7 June 2016 (archived PacLII copy)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20241223004005id_/http://www.paclii.org/ki/cases/KIHC/2016/6.html","publisher":"High Court of Kiribati","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Revised Edition 1977","url":"https://kiribati.tradeportal.org/media/Dangerous%20Drugs%20Ordinance,%201948.pdf","publisher":"Kiribati Government Trade Portal","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Dangerous Drugs Regulations, commenced 21 February 1980","url":"https://kiribati.tradeportal.org/media/Dangerous%20Drugs%20Regulation.pdf","publisher":"Kiribati","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Republic v Morlier, sentence of 23 October 2015 (archived PacLII copy)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20241215114725id_/https://paclii.org/ki/cases/KIHC/2015/82.html","publisher":"High Court of Kiribati","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Republic v Kourabi, conviction of 21 May 2018 (archived PacLII copy)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20241215114306id_/https://paclii.org/ki/cases/KIHC/2018/18.html","publisher":"High Court of Kiribati","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"French drifter jailed in Kiribati, 4 November 2015","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/288892/french-drifter-jailed-in-kiribati","publisher":"RNZ","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"belize-tourist-case-2016","code":"CET-227CG3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/belize-tourist-case-2016/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/227CG3/","date":"2016-04-15","country":"bz","country_name":"Belize","place":null,"coordinates":[17.199,-88.711],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Belize City openly sells tourist cannabis, charge dismissed","summary":"An American cruise-ship tourist arrested for buying 1.8 g of cannabis in Belize City had her charges dismissed: the judge noted the cannabis had been sold to her openly and she appeared to believe it was legal, cautioning her never to possess drugs in Belize again.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"belize-tourist-case-2016","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis in Belize (citing 7 News Belize, 19 April 2016)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Belize","publisher":"Wikipedia","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"palestine-yasid-cannabis-raid-2016","code":"CET-M5QPSC","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/palestine-yasid-cannabis-raid-2016/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/M5QPSC/","date":"2016-03-15","country":"ps","country_name":"Palestine","place":null,"coordinates":[31.915,35.195],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Palestinian police uproot 2,000 cannabis saplings in Yasid","summary":"Police raided seven greenhouses in the village of Yasid, north of Nablus, and seized more than 2,000 cannabis saplings. Two suspects were arrested after they tried to flee; the raid was part of a West Bank crackdown that also seized 370 plants and 54 kg of dried cannabis in Jenin.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"palestine-yasid-cannabis-raid-2016","sources":[{"title":"Palestinian police in West Bank cannabis raid, 16 March 2016","url":"https://hightimes.com/news/palestinian-police-in-west-bank-cannabis-raid/","publisher":"High Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kiribati-yacht-cannabis-sentence-2015","code":"CET-Z1TB8W","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kiribati-yacht-cannabis-sentence-2015/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Z1TB8W/","date":"2015-10-23","country":"ki","country_name":"Kiribati","place":null,"coordinates":[0.893,-167.922],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Kiribati jails a sailor and confiscates his yacht in a cannabis case","summary":"Lyderic Morlier received nine months in prison and total fines of A$4,400 after admitting drug cultivation, prohibited import and immigration offences. The prison terms ran together, with credit for time already spent in custody.[@1,2] The court also confiscated his yacht, two engines, vessel-monitoring equipment and radios under the drug law.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","trade","home-growing","visitors"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kiribati-yacht-cannabis-sentence-2015","sources":[{"title":"Republic v Morlier, sentence of 23 October 2015 (archived PacLII copy)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20241215114725id_/https://paclii.org/ki/cases/KIHC/2015/82.html","publisher":"High Court of Kiribati","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"French drifter jailed in Kiribati, 4 November 2015","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/288892/french-drifter-jailed-in-kiribati","publisher":"RNZ","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"panama-darien-eradication-2015","code":"CET-23VNM6","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/panama-darien-eradication-2015/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/23VNM6/","date":"2015-09-15","country":"pa","country_name":"Panama","place":null,"coordinates":[8.52,-80.119],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Panama burns thousands of marijuana plants on a Darien island","summary":"In September 2015 Panamanian soldiers uprooted and burned thousands of marijuana plants on a remote island in the Darien.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["eradication"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"panama-darien-eradication-2015","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis in Panama (citing Reuters, September 2015)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Panama","publisher":"Wikipedia","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"syria-isis-burns-cannabis-2014","code":"CET-WJ50ZZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/syria-isis-burns-cannabis-2014/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/WJ50ZZ/","date":"2014-09-15","country":"sy","country_name":"Syria","place":null,"coordinates":[35.019,38.488],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Islamic State films itself burning a Syrian cannabis farm","summary":"After taking the town of Akhtarin, north of Aleppo, from the Free Syrian Army, fighters of the Islamic State cut down a field of cannabis, soaked it in fuel and set it alight for the camera.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["eradication","military"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"syria-isis-burns-cannabis-2014","sources":[{"title":"ISIS burns Syrian cannabis fields (15 September 2014)","url":"https://classic.countervortex.org/node/13530","publisher":"CounterVortex","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"syria-drug-cases-rise-2014","code":"CET-XF41P2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/syria-drug-cases-rise-2014/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XF41P2/","date":"2014-07-02","country":"sy","country_name":"Syria","place":null,"coordinates":[35.019,38.488],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Syria's courts report a jump in drug cases","summary":"A judicial source told a government newspaper that 620 drug cases had come before the courts in four months, 115 of them in Damascus, against fewer than 500 in the whole of 2013. He recalled that trafficking carries ten years to death under the 1993 law, that whoever plants cannabis is treated as a trader, and that the law regards addicts as the victims of dealers.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"syria-drug-cases-rise-2014","sources":[{"title":"on drug cases before the courts (2 July 2014)","url":"https://syrianobserver.com/?p=32505","publisher":"The Syrian Observer, translating Al-Watan","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"us-brooker-life-sentence-2014","code":"CET-WKGCJE","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/us-brooker-life-sentence-2014/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/WKGCJE/","date":"2014-07-01","country":"us/al","country_name":"Alabama, United States","place":null,"coordinates":[44.744,-103.63],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"An Alabama veteran gets life without parole for a marijuana garden","summary":"Police looking for stolen property in 2011 found a few dozen marijuana plants at the house Lee Carroll Brooker, a disabled veteran with chronic pain, shared with his son in Alabama. Weighed with stalks and leaves, the plants came to about 2.8 pounds, over the 2.2-pound trafficking threshold.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["thresholds","home-growing","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"us-brooker-life-sentence-2014","sources":[{"title":"76-year-old asks Supreme Court to overturn life sentence for growing marijuana (18 April 2016)","url":"https://reason.com/2016/04/18/76-year-old-asks-scotus-to-overturn-life/","publisher":"Reason","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Supreme Court rejects appeal for man sentenced to life for possessing marijuana (2016)","url":"https://www.wptv.com/news/national/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-for-man-sentenced-to-life-for-possessing-marijuana","publisher":"WPTV (AP)","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"isle-of-man-drug-arrest-referral-2014","code":"CET-QPZ728","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/isle-of-man-drug-arrest-referral-2014/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QPZ728/","date":"2014-07-01","country":"im","country_name":"Isle of Man","place":null,"coordinates":[54.224,-4.539],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Isle of Man offers drug education to eligible first-time possession offenders","summary":"A Drug Arrest Referral Scheme introduced in 2014 let eligible first offenders caught with small personal quantities complete drug education and receive a caution. The government's 2024 review says most referrals involved cannabis, especially among under-18s, and records 93 completions from 108 entrants in 2021/22.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"isle-of-man-drug-arrest-referral-2014","sources":[{"title":"drug-policy principles report, November 2024, pp. 13–14","url":"https://tynwald.org.im/index.php/spfile?file=/business/opqp/sittings/20212026/2024-GD-0110.pdf","publisher":"Isle of Man Department of Home Affairs","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"kuwait-executions-resume-2013","code":"CET-GMT4RV","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kuwait-executions-resume-2013/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GMT4RV/","date":"2013-04-15","country":"kw","country_name":"Kuwait","place":null,"coordinates":[29.333,47.588],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Kuwait resumes hangings after a six-year pause","summary":"Kuwait hanged three men in April 2013 and two more in June, the first executions since 2007. All five were convicted of murder or rape; no drug offender was among them. The hangings ended a de facto moratorium that had lasted since 2007, in a country whose drug law already allowed death for trafficking.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"kuwait-executions-resume-2013","sources":[{"title":"Kuwait: Immediately halt executions","url":"https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/17/kuwait-immediately-halt-executions","publisher":"Human Rights Watch","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Kuwait: First executions in 4 years","url":"https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/01/26/kuwait-first-executions-4-years","publisher":"Human Rights Watch","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Capital punishment in Kuwait 1964 to January 2025","url":"https://capitalpunishmentuk.org/capital-punishment-in-kuwait-1964-to-january-2025/","publisher":"Capital Punishment UK","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"syria-kobane-cannabis-boom-2012","code":"CET-S66EA8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/syria-kobane-cannabis-boom-2012/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/S66EA8/","date":"2012-08-24","country":"sy","country_name":"Syria","place":null,"coordinates":[35.019,38.488],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Cannabis farms spread in Kobane after the regime withdraws","summary":"After Kurdish forces took Kobane from Assad's army in July 2012, marijuana growing spread through the surrounding villages and onto rooftops in the town. The local Asayish spokesman told Rudaw that almost every village was growing it and that nobody had been arrested because nearly everyone was involved and the villagers were armed.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"syria-kobane-cannabis-boom-2012","sources":[{"title":"Poverty Leading to Marijuana Farms in Kobane (24 August 2012, Wayback capture)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20121008205823/http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/syria/5123.html","publisher":"Rudaw","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"indonesia-cannabis-users-imprisoned-2012","code":"CET-AHENPD","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/indonesia-cannabis-users-imprisoned-2012/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/AHENPD/","date":"2012-07-01","country":"id","country_name":"Indonesia","place":null,"coordinates":[-2.264,117.181],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Nearly 38,000 people are imprisoned in Indonesia for using cannabis in four years","summary":"Between 2009 and 2012, 37,923 people were imprisoned for using cannabis, according to figures cited by the Transnational Institute, even though the 2009 narcotics law and a Supreme Court circular were meant to send users to rehabilitation.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"indonesia-cannabis-users-imprisoned-2012","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis in Indonesia: patterns in consumption, production and policies (2016)","url":"https://www.tni.org/files/publication-downloads/dpb_44_13012016_map_web.pdf","publisher":"Transnational Institute","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"tajikistan-sughd-hemp-2012","code":"CET-810JQ7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tajikistan-sughd-hemp-2012/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/810JQ7/","date":"2012-06-04","country":"tj","country_name":"Tajikistan","place":null,"coordinates":[38.537,71.027],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Sughd destroys 400,000 wild hemp plants and seizes 113 kg of hashish","summary":"Police in Sughd destroyed about 400,000 wild hemp plants in Khujand, Asht and Bobojon Gafurov districts during operation «Мак-2012». Over the same period, officers in the region seized more than 113 kg of hashish and opened 98 criminal cases under Articles 200 and 201. The operation began on 20 May and was due to run until 30 November.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"tajikistan-sughd-hemp-2012","sources":[{"title":"Операция «Мак»: в Согде уничтожено около 400 тысяч кустов дикорастущей конопли","url":"https://old.asiaplustj.info/ru/news/tajikistan/security/20120604/operatsiya-mak-v-sogde-unichtozheno-okolo-400-tysyach-kustov-dikorastushchei-konopli","publisher":"Азия-Плюс","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"libya-anti-narcotics-agency-abolished-2012","code":"CET-HK5P0M","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/libya-anti-narcotics-agency-abolished-2012/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HK5P0M/","date":"2012-04-01","country":"ly","country_name":"Libya","place":null,"coordinates":[27.017,18.066],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Libya abolishes its anti-narcotics agency","summary":"After the 2011 uprising, the transitional cabinet dissolved the Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Agency and moved its assets, staff and powers to the Interior Ministry. The agency had been created in 2006. Drug enforcement passed to the ministry.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"libya-anti-narcotics-agency-abolished-2012","sources":[{"title":"Cabinet Decision No. 142 of 2012 dissolving the anti-narcotics agency (Arabic)","url":"https://lawsociety.ly/legislation/%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%b1%d9%82%d9%85-142-%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%86%d8%a9-2012-%d9%85-%d8%a8%d8%ad%d9%84-%d8%ac%d9%87%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d9%85%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%ad%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ae%d8%af/","publisher":"Law Society of Libya","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"malta-holmes-sentence-2011","code":"CET-R00A7Z","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/malta-holmes-sentence-2011/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/R00A7Z/","date":"2011-11-24","country":"mt","country_name":"Malta","place":null,"coordinates":[35.922,14.405],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"A Welshman gets eleven years in Malta for growing cannabis","summary":"Daniel Holmes, a 35-year-old Briton arrested in 2006 in Gozo, was convicted of importing seeds, cultivating cannabis in circumstances suggesting it was not for personal use and trafficking over 1 kg, a weight his defence said counted the whole dry plant. He was sentenced to eleven years and a fine of over €23,000. He said he grew it for himself.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"malta-holmes-sentence-2011","sources":[{"title":"Harsh sentence for cannabis cultivation reopens case for decriminalisation (30 November 2011)","url":"https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/14193/harsh-sentence-for-cannabis-cultivation-reopens-case-for-decriminalisation","publisher":"MaltaToday","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Daniel Holmes's appeal rejected, prison term confirmed (31 October 2013)","url":"https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/31124/daniel-holmes-appeals-hearing-20131031","publisher":"MaltaToday","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Weeks from his release from prison, Daniel Holmes looks to the future (21 August 2018)","url":"https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/88930/weeks_from_his_release_from_prison_daniel_holmes_looks_to_the_future_","publisher":"MaltaToday","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Daniel Holmes released from jail (13 September 2018)","url":"https://theshiftnews.com/2018/09/13/daniel-holmes-released-from-jail","publisher":"The Shift","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"From prohibition to trailblazing: a brief history of modern cannabis activism in Malta (27 November 2021)","url":"https://druglawreform.info/en/newsroom/latest-news/item/10404-from-prohibition-to-trailblazing-a-brief-history-of-modern-cannabis-activism-in-malta.html","publisher":"TNI Drugs & Democracy (Lovin Malta)","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"transnistria-drug-prison-count-2011","code":"CET-0DFXR2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/transnistria-drug-prison-count-2011/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0DFXR2/","date":"2011-09-01","country":"xt","country_name":"Transnistria","place":null,"coordinates":null,"precision":null,"type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Transnistria counts 241 prisoners serving drug sentences","summary":"The justice ministry reported 241 people imprisoned for drug offences, 11% of its sentenced prison population, and more than 200 people serving suspended sentences under supervision.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"transnistria-drug-prison-count-2011","sources":[{"title":"Transnistria reports its drug-offence prison population (1 September 2011)","url":"https://newdaynews.ru/pmr/346378.html","publisher":"Novy Region","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Dubossary residents face proceedings for growing prohibited plants (11 June 2018)","url":"https://novostipmr.com/ru/content/zhiteley-dubossarskogo-rayona-privlekut-k-otvetstvennosti-za","publisher":"Novosti Pridnestrovya","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"liberia-drug-enforcement-assessment-2011","code":"CET-Z9JCNV","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/liberia-drug-enforcement-assessment-2011/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Z9JCNV/","date":"2011-05-05","country":"lr","country_name":"Liberia","place":null,"coordinates":[6.452,-9.32],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Liberia’s drug cases mostly end with on-the-spot fines, assessors report","summary":"A regional evaluation reported that most investigated drug-possession and trafficking cases ended with on-the-spot fines, and that only one drug conviction had been recorded in 2010. Officers lacked a forensic laboratory and relied on old UN-donated testing kits. The report called for a stronger anti-trafficking law; Liberia adopted a new drug statute in 2014.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","trafficking","sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"liberia-drug-enforcement-assessment-2011","sources":[{"title":"Liberia mutual evaluation, adopted 5 May 2011, paragraphs 364–369 (all narcotics)","url":"https://www.fialiberia.gov.lr/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/284_GIABA-DETAILED-MUTUAL-EVALUATION-REPORT-ON-THE-REPUBLIC-OF-LIBERIA-2011.pdf","publisher":"GIABA","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"libya-revolution-drug-enforcement-2011","code":"CET-F1YWB9","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/libya-revolution-drug-enforcement-2011/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/F1YWB9/","date":"2011-02-17","country":"ly","country_name":"Libya","place":null,"coordinates":[27.017,18.066],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Libya's revolution breaks the state's drug controls","summary":"The uprising that began in February 2011 ended the central state's monopoly on force, and the security vacuum that followed weakened control of Libya's borders and ports. Trafficking networks expanded through the country over the next decade. The cannabis ban stayed on the books, but enforcement became local and uneven.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"libya-revolution-drug-enforcement-2011","sources":[{"title":"Drug Trafficking Dynamics in Libya and across North Africa: Trends and Implications (2026)","url":"https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/Libya/Libya_regional_dynamics_report_2026.pdf","publisher":"UNODC","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"uae-speck-on-shoe-2010","code":"CET-BJK2RY","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/uae-speck-on-shoe-2010/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BJK2RY/","date":"2010-01-15","country":"ae","country_name":"United Arab Emirates","place":null,"coordinates":[23.905,54.293],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"A Briton gets four years in Dubai for a speck of cannabis on his shoe","summary":"Keith Brown, a youth worker from the English Midlands, was stopped in transit at Dubai airport in September 2009. Customs found 0.003 grams of cannabis, invisible to the eye, in the tread of his shoe. He was sentenced to four years, then the minimum for possession. Another traveller was reported jailed over three poppy seeds from a bread roll.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["sentencing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"uae-speck-on-shoe-2010","sources":[{"title":"Brit jailed in Dubai for 4 years for speck of marijuana on shoe (11 January 2010)","url":"https://newsone.com/409392/brit-jailed-in-dubai-for-4-years-for-speck-of-marijuana-on-shoe","publisher":"NewsOne, reposting the Daily Mail","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"grenada-seizures-2009","code":"CET-Y4Z7KY","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/grenada-seizures-2009/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Y4Z7KY/","date":"2009-07-01","country":"gd","country_name":"Grenada","place":null,"coordinates":[12.117,-61.682],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Grenada seizes 460 kg of cannabis in 2009","summary":"Grenadian authorities seized 460 kg of cannabis and 1,309 cannabis cigarettes during 2009, as reported in the US International Narcotics Control Strategy Report.[@1,2]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"grenada-seizures-2009","sources":[{"title":"International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Vol. I (2011), p.252","url":"https://books.google.com/books?id=0jnyNWFuhXYC&pg=PA252","publisher":"William R. Brownfield","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Cannabis in Grenada","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Grenada","publisher":"Wikipedia","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}]},{"id":"somalia-al-shabaab-flogging-2008","code":"CET-T97D3P","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/somalia-al-shabaab-flogging-2008/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/T97D3P/","date":"2008-07-01","country":"so","country_name":"Somalia","place":null,"coordinates":[4.74,45.68],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Al-Shabaab flogs men for hashish in Kismayo","summary":"After Al-Shabaab seized the port city of Kismayo, three local men were arrested for possession of hashish. Their supply was burned and they were publicly flogged by the militants.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"somalia-al-shabaab-flogging-2008","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis in Somalia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Somalia","publisher":"Wikipedia","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"marshall-islands-marijuana-cases-2008","code":"CET-23FPSQ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/marshall-islands-marijuana-cases-2008/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/23FPSQ/","date":"2008-07-01","country":"mh","country_name":"Marshall Islands","place":null,"coordinates":[7.015,170.331],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Marshall Islands court counts two marijuana-selling cases in Majuro","summary":"The High Court's 2008 annual report recorded 27 criminal cases filed in Majuro, two of them for selling marijuana. The same caseload included 13 assault cases, four burglaries or larcenies and three sexual assaults, so cannabis sales were a small part of the serious criminal work. The report gives case counts, not arrest or seizure figures.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"marshall-islands-marijuana-cases-2008","sources":[{"title":"2008 Annual Report","url":"https://rmicourts.org/wp-content/uploads/2008_report_rmi_judiciary.pdf","publisher":"The Judiciary of the Republic of the Marshall Islands","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"turkmenistan-tejen-cannabis-case-2008","code":"CET-2PM95C","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/turkmenistan-tejen-cannabis-case-2008/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2PM95C/","date":"2008-03-15","country":"tm","country_name":"Turkmenistan","place":null,"coordinates":[39.125,59.447],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"A Tejen cannabis grower and seed seller are sentenced to 10 and 11 years","summary":"A man bought cannabis seed at a bazaar in Tejen in March 2008, planted it in his garden and produced 153 grams of marijuana, which he sold for $100. A court sentenced the two men involved to 11 and 10 years in prison. The US State Department's 2010 narcotics report cited the case as an example of how small-scale cannabis growing was punished.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"turkmenistan-tejen-cannabis-case-2008","sources":[{"title":"Turkmenistan (US Department of State, reproduced by the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation)","url":"https://tmhelsinki.org/en/article/15c917a2-c3e8-467b-9643-5ea97639314b","publisher":"2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"mali-morocco-resin-route-2007","code":"CET-6MPHN5","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mali-morocco-resin-route-2007/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6MPHN5/","date":"2007-07-01","country":"ml","country_name":"Mali","place":null,"coordinates":[17.315,-3.59],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"A Moroccan resin route through Mali is identified","summary":"In early 2007 a route for smuggling cannabis resin from Morocco through Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Chad and on into either Egypt or Sudan was identified.[@1] A total of 5.7 tons of cannabis resin was seized in five seizures in Niger in the 2006–2007 period.[@1] The case put Mali on a trans-Saharan trafficking map linking Moroccan resin to markets further east.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"mali-morocco-resin-route-2007","sources":[{"title":"Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2007 (E/INCB/2007/1)","url":"https://www.incb.org/documents/Publications/AnnualReports/AR2007/AR_07_Chapter_III_Africa.pdf","publisher":"United Nations","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"niger-resin-seizures-2006-2007","code":"CET-Q9H2G7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/niger-resin-seizures-2006-2007/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Q9H2G7/","date":"2007-07-01","country":"ne","country_name":"Niger","place":null,"coordinates":[17.412,9.332],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Niger seizes 5.7 tons of Moroccan resin in transit","summary":"Five seizures in Niger in the 2006–2007 period netted a total of 5.7 tons of cannabis resin moving along the newly identified trans-Saharan route from Morocco through Mauritania, Mali and Niger toward Chad and on into Egypt or Sudan.[@1] The seizures made Niger the most visible interception point on that route.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"niger-resin-seizures-2006-2007","sources":[{"title":"Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2007 (E/INCB/2007/1)","url":"https://www.incb.org/documents/Publications/AnnualReports/AR2007/AR_07_Chapter_III_Africa.pdf","publisher":"United Nations","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"papua-new-guinea-arms-barter-prevalence-2006","code":"CET-P6ZN47","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-arms-barter-prevalence-2006/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/P6ZN47/","date":"2006-07-01","country":"pg","country_name":"Papua New Guinea","place":null,"coordinates":[-6.469,145.201],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Drugs-for-arms barter reported as PNG tops Oceanian cannabis use","summary":"Reports described barter trade exchanging illicit drugs for arms in the coastal cities of Lae, Madang, Wewak and Port Moresby.[@1] Papua New Guinea shared with Micronesia the highest prevalence of cannabis abuse in Oceania, and cannabis plants were also illicitly cultivated in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"papua-new-guinea-arms-barter-prevalence-2006","sources":[{"title":"Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2006 (E/INCB/2006/1)","url":"https://www.incb.org/documents/Publications/AnnualReports/AR2006/AR_06_Chapter_III_Oceania.pdf","publisher":"United Nations","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"burkina-faso-herb-seizures-2000-2005","code":"CET-TSS4MX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/burkina-faso-herb-seizures-2000-2005/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TSS4MX/","date":"2005-07-01","country":"bf","country_name":"Burkina Faso","place":null,"coordinates":[12.271,-1.761],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"UNODC records three tonnes of herb seized in Burkina Faso over 2000–2005","summary":"The annex to UNODC's 2007 Cannabis in Africa overview records 3,004 kilograms of cannabis herb seized in Burkina Faso over the years 2000 to 2005.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"burkina-faso-herb-seizures-2000-2005","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis in Africa: An Overview (November 2007)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210410152821/https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/Can_Afr_EN_09_11_07.pdf","publisher":"UNODC","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"macau-cannabis-sharing-ruling-2004","code":"CET-2388MP","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/macau-cannabis-sharing-ruling-2004/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2388MP/","date":"2004-10-13","country":"mo","country_name":"Macau","place":null,"coordinates":[22.223,113.509],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Macau’s top court treats shared-cost cannabis supply as trafficking","summary":"Macau’s top court upheld a cannabis trafficking conviction, ruling that providing cannabis to other people counted as supply even when they shared the purchase cost.[@1] The old law’s lesser-quantity tier used a three-day personal-use reference, which the court placed at six to eight grams for cannabis; the quantity supplied exceeded it.[@1] Macau’s 2009 replacement later introduced a…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","trafficking","thresholds"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"macau-cannabis-sharing-ruling-2004","sources":[{"title":"cannabis supplied to others and shared costs","url":"https://www.court.gov.mo/sentence/pt-53590d0ab21e8.pdf","publisher":"Court of Final Appeal","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"original drug offences and penalties","url":"https://images.bo.dsaj.gov.mo/bo/i/2009/32/lei-17-2009.pdf","publisher":"Law 17/2009","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"nauru-indian-hemp-possession-2004","code":"CET-8307MA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nauru-indian-hemp-possession-2004/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8307MA/","date":"2004-02-16","country":"nr","country_name":"Nauru","place":null,"coordinates":[-0.519,166.933],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Nauru's Supreme Court upholds three-month sentences for Indian hemp","summary":"The Supreme Court dismissed appeals against three-month sentences for possessing Indian hemp under section 10(1)(c) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1968. It was the last reported pre-2004 cannabis prosecution and showed the old law's three-month statutory minimum.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"nauru-indian-hemp-possession-2004","sources":[{"title":"Hubert v Scotty [2004] NRSC 4 (16 February 2004)","url":"https://ronlaw.gov.nr/assets/docs/court/supreme/2004/02/Hubert%20v%20Scotty%20%5B2004%5D%20NRSC%204%3B%20Criminal%20Appeal%201%20of%202004%20%2816%20February%202004%29.pdf","publisher":"Nauru Supreme Court","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"cnmi-eradication-imports-assessment-2003","code":"CET-KSKBHZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cnmi-eradication-imports-assessment-2003/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/KSKBHZ/","date":"2003-10-15","country":"mp","country_name":"Northern Mariana Islands","place":null,"coordinates":[15.829,145.619],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Northern Mariana Islands’ crop raids shift cannabis supply toward imports","summary":"A federal drug assessment linked the decline of local cannabis growing in 2000–2001 to eradication campaigns and a greater reliance on supplies from the Philippines and Palau. It reported a sharp rise in retail prices and said local cultivation was largely confined to small amounts for personal use.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["enforcement","eradication","trade"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"cnmi-eradication-imports-assessment-2003","sources":[{"title":"Northern Mariana Islands Drug Threat Assessment, October 2003, printed pp. 5–6","url":"https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs5/5047/5047p.pdf","publisher":"US National Drug Intelligence Center","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"nepal-us-cable-cannabis-2003","code":"CET-TBA6Q4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nepal-us-cable-cannabis-2003/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TBA6Q4/","date":"2003-06-18","country":"np","country_name":"Nepal","place":null,"coordinates":[28.258,83.947],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"A US cable details the cannabis trade and Maoist taxes","summary":"A confidential US embassy cable from June 2003 reported that Nepal was a source country for cannabis sold in India and for hashish sent to North America, Europe and South-East Asia. The Narcotic Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit told the embassy that Maoist insurgents levied a tax of up to 35 percent on cannabis cultivation and transport, and that trucks could hide 500-700 kg.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"nepal-us-cable-cannabis-2003","sources":[{"title":"US embassy Kathmandu, Nepal: mid-year status report on drug trafficking (18 June 2003)","url":"https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/03KATHMANDU1133_a.html","publisher":"WikiLeaks","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"guernsey-guest-cannabis-premises-appeal-2003","code":"CET-VK8A3X","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/guernsey-guest-cannabis-premises-appeal-2003/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VK8A3X/","date":"2003-01-09","country":"gg","country_name":"Guernsey","place":null,"coordinates":[49.468,-2.573],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Guernsey leaves a pub licensee's cannabis conviction standing despite doubts","summary":"The Court of Appeal left Heather Guest's conviction for permitting cannabis-resin smoking at the Helmsman pub undisturbed, despite doubts about whether the conviction was safe. Convicted in 2002 and sentenced to six weeks in prison, she said she ejected suspected smokers. The judges considered their powers too limited to set aside the conviction on the basis of those doubts.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"guernsey-guest-cannabis-premises-appeal-2003","sources":[{"title":"The right of criminal appeal on the facts in Jersey and Guernsey","url":"https://www.jerseylaw.je/publications/jglr/Pages/JLR1110_Kelleher.aspx","publisher":"Jersey and Guernsey Law Review","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"syria-bekaa-eradication-2002","code":"CET-TM78NS","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/syria-bekaa-eradication-2002/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TM78NS/","date":"2002-07-01","country":"sy","country_name":"Syria","place":null,"coordinates":[35.019,38.488],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Syria and Lebanon clear the Bekaa cannabis fields","summary":"After cannabis and opium production returned to the Syrian-controlled Bekaa in 2001, Syrian and Lebanese authorities ran a joint eradication campaign from 2002 to 2004 that sharply cut the area under cannabis and opium. Syria also upgraded its counternarcotics branch to a directorate in 2002 and opened regional offices in Aleppo and Homs to watch the Turkish and Lebanese borders.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"syria-bekaa-eradication-2002","sources":[{"title":"International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2005, Volume I: Syria","url":"https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/nea/ci/sy/80243.htm","publisher":"U.S. Department of State","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"nepal-maoists-cannabis-2001","code":"CET-9G2VFJ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nepal-maoists-cannabis-2001/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/9G2VFJ/","date":"2001-11-16","country":"np","country_name":"Nepal","place":null,"coordinates":[28.258,83.947],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Maoists tax cannabis as police leave Makwanpur","summary":"In the Maoist-held villages of north-western Makwanpur, police had stopped patrolling and farmers turned to cannabis as their main cash crop. A Nepali Times report said the Maoists had first declared the area a marijuana-free zone, then allowed the trade in exchange for a cut. Police had seized 8,000 kg of cannabis and destroyed the crop on 74.5 hectares the year before.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"nepal-maoists-cannabis-2001","sources":[{"title":"Maoists and marijuana (16 November 2001)","url":"https://nepalitimes.com/maoists-and-marijuana","publisher":"Nepali Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"hong-kong-two-cannabis-cigarettes-2001","code":"CET-BH1SE4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/hong-kong-two-cannabis-cigarettes-2001/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BH1SE4/","date":"2001-08-03","country":"hk","country_name":"Hong Kong","place":null,"coordinates":[22.398,114.114],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Hong Kong keeps a two-month sentence for selling two cannabis cigarettes","summary":"Chor Lui’s two-month prison sentence stood after he sold an undercover officer two cannabis cigarettes containing 0.24 g for HK$30.[@1] The appeal judge considered his prior drug convictions and the commercial sale in a discotheque important despite the small amount, while recognising the then-lower sentencing benchmark for herbal cannabis than resin.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","trafficking","enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"hong-kong-two-cannabis-cigarettes-2001","sources":[{"title":"HKSAR v Chor Lui, 3 August 2001","url":"https://www.hklii.hk/en/cases/hkcfi/2001/730","publisher":"Hong Kong High Court","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"R v Tuen Shui Ming and another, 9 June 1995","url":"https://www.hklii.hk/en/cases/hkca/1995/36","publisher":"Hong Kong Court of Appeal","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"HKSAR v Phung Hai, 17 February 2000","url":"https://www.hklii.hk/en/cases/hkcfi/2000/686","publisher":"Hong Kong High Court","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"HKSAR v Nguyen Thang Loi and Dang Hung Ngoc, 20 January 2023","url":"https://www.hklii.hk/en/cases/hkca/2023/103","publisher":"Hong Kong Court of Appeal","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"nepal-ganja-nation-2000","code":"CET-ZS41W4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nepal-ganja-nation-2000/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZS41W4/","date":"2000-12-15","country":"np","country_name":"Nepal","place":null,"coordinates":[28.258,83.947],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"A Nepali Times investigation finds a Rs 6 billion ganja trade","summary":"A December 2000 investigation in Makwanpur, Bara, Parsa and Dhading found cannabis plantations worked openly, with Indian buyers supplying seed on credit and returning at harvest. The paper estimated Nepal grew 3 million kg of ganja and charas a year and exported Rs 6 billion worth to India, with police, local officials and Maoist cadres taking a share.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"nepal-ganja-nation-2000","sources":[{"title":"Ganja Nation (15 December 2000)","url":"https://nepalitimes.com/ganja-nation","publisher":"Nepali Times","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"seychelles-francois-resin-trafficking-2000","code":"CET-YDXDR6","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/seychelles-francois-resin-trafficking-2000/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/YDXDR6/","date":"2000-07-26","country":"sc","country_name":"Seychelles","place":null,"coordinates":[-4.66,55.476],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Seychelles court uses wrapped resin portions as evidence of trafficking","summary":"The Supreme Court convicted Robin Francois of trafficking after finding that he knowingly possessed 166.4 g of cannabis resin. It treated the individually wrapped portions as evidence of preparation for supply, while explaining that the presumption above 25 g could be rebutted.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"seychelles-francois-resin-trafficking-2000","sources":[{"title":"R v Francois, 26 July 2000, (2000) SLR 103","url":"https://sheriahub.com/cases/sc/caselaw/r-v-francois-co-34-of-1998-2000-scsc-11-26-july-2000","publisher":"Seychelles Supreme Court","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"New law to boost fight against drugs, 7 April 2016","url":"https://www.nation.sc/archive/248994/new-law-to-boost-fight-against-drugs","publisher":"Seychelles Nation","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"senegal-dakar-resin-seizure-2000","code":"CET-B18J5T","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/senegal-dakar-resin-seizure-2000/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/B18J5T/","date":"2000-07-15","country":"sn","country_name":"Senegal","place":null,"coordinates":[14.365,-14.469],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Dakar port seizure exposes a Moroccan-resin route via Sierra Leone","summary":"In July 2000 the Senegalese authorities seized some 5.3 tons of cannabis resin of Moroccan origin at the port of Dakar.[@1] The resin had been shipped by sea in freight containers and was allegedly destined to be smuggled via Sierra Leone into the Netherlands.[@1] The case showed Senegal working both as a cannabis producer and as a transit point for Moroccan resin bound for Europe.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"senegal-dakar-resin-seizure-2000","sources":[{"title":"Annual Report 2000 (E/INCB/2000/1)","url":"https://www.incb.org/documents/Publications/AnnualReports/AR2000/AR_2000_Chapter_III_Africa.pdf","publisher":"United Nations","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"hong-kong-personal-cannabis-sentence-2000","code":"CET-XSVA2T","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/hong-kong-personal-cannabis-sentence-2000/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XSVA2T/","date":"2000-02-17","country":"hk","country_name":"Hong Kong","place":null,"coordinates":[22.398,114.114],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Hong Kong cuts a repeat offender’s cannabis-possession sentence to two months","summary":"Phung Hai’s six-month prison sentence for possessing 1.18 g of cannabis was reduced to two months on appeal.[@1] The original magistrate had relied on two earlier drug convictions to reject a fine, but the appeal judge accepted that the sentence was excessive in light of the sentencing authorities; the prosecution did not defend it.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"hong-kong-personal-cannabis-sentence-2000","sources":[{"title":"HKSAR v Phung Hai, 17 February 2000","url":"https://www.hklii.hk/en/cases/hkcfi/2000/686","publisher":"Hong Kong High Court","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}