🇱🇧 Lebanon
6 reports of cannabis enforcement.
Totals add up only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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Latest reports
Army destroys 180 dunums of cannabis near Hermel
The Lebanese Army said it destroyed about 180 dunums of cannabis and seized about 60 tonnes of the crop at Jabab al-Hamr near Hermel on 26 October 2026. A next-day newsletter roundup confirmed the figures and noted a related arrest in Brital.
Hectares 18Cannabis 60,000 kgArmy seizes 22 kg of hashish, destroys 14 cannabis tents in Dar al-Wasaa
The Lebanese Army raided wanted men's homes in Dar al-Wasaa, Baalbek, seizing 22 kg of hashish and 22,000 Captagon pills, destroying 14 cannabis-growing tents and arresting two Syrians. The drugs were handed to the authorities and an investigation opened.
Arrested 2Cannabis 22 kgLebanon arrests a sanctioned cannabis and Captagon trafficker
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.
Lebanon's army kills a clan member in a Bekaa drug raid
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.
Lebanon's army destroys cannabis fields in the northern Bekaa
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.
Lebanon seizes 6.4 kg of hashish at Beirut airport
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. The case was one of the few cannabis-specific seizures reported in 2024.
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