🇨🇰 Cook Islands
RSS16 reports of cannabis enforcement.
- People arrested
- 20
- Plants destroyed
- 111
- Cannabis seized
- 3.0002 kg
Only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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- At risk
- Secure
- Held in a genebank
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- No seed lot recorded
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- Seizure · 1
- Arrest · 6
- Prosecution · 3
- Sentence · 6
Reports
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20262 reports
Man, 37, charged over cannabis and meth found at Aitutaki Wharf
A 37-year-old man was charged with importing Class A and Class C controlled drugs, alleged to be methamphetamine and cannabis, after Cook Islands Customs officers detected the drugs at the Aitutaki International Wharf on 14 April 2026. Customs and police issued a joint statement on the case.
Arrested 1Charged 1
Young man convicted in Cook Islands High Court over 0.20 g of cannabis
A young man was convicted in the Cook Islands criminal High Court on 26 February 2026 for possessing 0.20 grams of cannabis, after hiring a lawyer, gathering character references and attending a men's counselling centre. A letter to Cook Islands News argued the amount was below the 250-milligram THC threshold in the Narcotics and Misuse of Drugs Act 2004.
Cannabis 200 mg
20253 reports
Man arrested at Rarotonga airport with over a kilogram of cannabis
Cook Islands Police arrested a 36-year-old man at Rarotonga International Airport after Customs found more than a kilogram of cannabis in two packages in his luggage. He was remanded in custody after a court appearance on the Saturday, 22 November 2025.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 1 kg
New Zealand tourist held at Rarotonga Airport with concealed cannabis
A 50-year-old New Zealand tourist was detained at Rarotonga Airport after customs found a concealed bag of cannabis and two bags of white powder on him, and he was remanded in prison. Police said he was to appear in court on 24 July 2025.
Arrested 1
Man arrested on Atiu after police find 40 cannabis plants
Cook Islands police arrested a man in February 2025 after Atiu officers found cannabis plants near a makeshift nursery inland and seized 40 plants. He was transferred to Rarotonga for his court case, and the island's two police officers say they now routinely monitor cultivation.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 40
Man told to find lawyer over cannabis and driving charges
Eric Greig Teokotai faced charges of careless driving causing injury, EBA Blood and possession of cannabis in the Cook Islands High Court. The court told him to find a lawyer before entering a plea and adjourned his case to November 21.
Charged 1
New Zealand DJ jailed 20 months in Cook Islands over cannabis and cocaine import
A 45-year-old New Zealand-based Cook Islander who worked as a DJ was sentenced to 20 months in prison for bringing cocaine and cannabis into the Cook Islands, a case described as the first significant one of its kind. He had been arrested the previous year.
Sentenced 1Prison 20 monthsCook Islands court delays sentencing of man convicted over 30-plus Arorangi plants
Joseph Wachter was convicted in 2023 after pleading guilty to cultivating cannabis and supplying a Class C drug over more than 30 plants seized in Arorangi in 2021, and the High Court put his sentencing off to 4 October 2024. He had been bailed in 2021 on charges over the same seizure.
Just over 2 kg of cannabis found in NZ cargo at Aitutaki's Arutanga port
Cook Islands Customs found just over 2 kg of cannabis concealed in cargo from New Zealand at the port in Arutanga, Aitutaki, on 7 August 2024. Police flew detectives from Rarotonga with search warrants and said they were investigating a drug supply to the island.
Cannabis 2 kg
49-year-old held on Rarotonga with 71 cannabis plants
Cook Islands police arrested and charged a 49-year-old man caught with 71 cannabis plants, which police described as a well-constructed and organised crop of seedlings. He was remanded in prison after appearing in court on the Saturday, with a further appearance due that week.
Arrested 1Charged 1Plants destroyed 71
Aitutaki cannabis supplier in Operation Tuvake spared jail and given probation
A judge refused Crown Law's request for a prison term and sentenced a man convicted of supplying cannabis in Operation Tuvake, the Aitutaki police investigation that jailed seven other men, to two years of probation with six months as community service. He was the last person in the case to be sentenced.
Charged 1Convicted 1Sentenced 1
Teen fined $700 in Cook Islands High Court for cannabis and bong possession
An 18-year-old motorist who crashed after an epileptic fit was convicted and fined $700 in the Cook Islands High Court for possessing cannabis and a bong. Justice Christine Grice discharged him without conviction for careless driving while imposing fines of $500 for cannabis possession and $200 for the bong.
Charged 1Convicted 1Sentenced 1Fine NZD 700
New cannabis supply charge laid against Rarotonga security boss
Christopher Denny appeared in the Criminal High Court in Avarua on 1 August 2023 on a new charge of supplying a Class C controlled drug, alongside charges of possessing cannabis leaves and utensils. He had been arrested over cannabis leaves in February, and his case was adjourned to 27 October.
Charged 1
Man held at Rarotonga airport over cannabis bailed to New Zealand
A passenger arrested at Rarotonga International Airport after a customs baggage check appeared in the Criminal Court charged with possessing cannabis. A justice of the peace bailed him to return to New Zealand on a $500 surety and adjourned the case to 1 September 2023.
Arrested 1Charged 1
Cook Islands man sentenced to 12 months' supervision for cannabis found in underwear
Michael Hoff was sentenced to 12 months' supervision at the High Court in Avarua after pleading guilty to possessing cannabis found in his underwear during a body search at Aorangi Prison. He had been stopped for drink-driving on 23 July 2022 and told the court he had found the cannabis by the roadside.
Arrested 1Charged 1Sentenced 1Prison 12 months' supervision
20131 report
Former NZ cop Mark Franklin jailed a year in Cook Islands for cannabis sale
Former New Zealand Detective Inspector Mark Franklin was sentenced in August 2013 to one year's jail in the Cook Islands after pleading guilty to selling cannabis to an undercover officer in Rarotonga in 2010. He was one of 13 people arrested in the joint Cook Islands and New Zealand police Operation Eagle investigation.
Arrested 13Charged 4Convicted 4Sentenced 4
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