🇱🇦 Laos
4 reports of cannabis enforcement.
Totals add up only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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- No seed lot recorded
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Latest reports
Laos destroys more than three tonnes of dried cannabis
Bolikhamxay authorities destroyed more than 3,000 kg of dried cannabis on 14 October 2026, alongside 6.3 million methamphetamine pills and more than two tonnes of kratom leaves. Vientiane's National Anti-Drug Day burn on 10 October included 8.578 kg of dried cannabis in a 3,894 kg total. The figures are post-conviction destructions, not annual seizures.
Laos seizes 86 kg of cannabis at Wattay airport
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.
Bolikhamxay police find more than 800 kg of cannabis
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.
Thai cannabis drinks slip into Vientiane shops
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.
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