🇱🇻 Latvia
RSS14 reports of cannabis enforcement.
- People arrested
- 47
- Plants destroyed
- 3,682
- Cannabis seized
- 1.51657 t
Only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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- Seizure · 3
- Raid · 6
- Arrest · 4
- Prosecution · 1
Reports
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Latvia's Spiridonov cannabis ring trial resumes 4 December with nine accused
Latvia's Economic Affairs Court will continue hearing witnesses on 4 December in the trial of nine people, among them Jurijs Spiridonovs, accused of producing marijuana in indoor plantations in Spain and selling it in Latvia and Norway. Prosecutors say the group, active from 2020 to autumn 2024, laundered its earnings through bank accounts and property in Riga; four defendants remain in custody.
Arrested 4Charged 9Cannabis 13 kg
Six arrested as forest barrels hid marijuana near Riga
Latvian police detained six members of a Latvian-Lithuanian group that hid drugs in barrels buried in forests near Riga, with two more members directing activity from prison. Officers found about 36 kg of mixed drugs including marijuana and hashish plus 34 THC devices, and a court remanded five suspects in custody.
Arrested 6114 cannabis plants seized in Jersika parish grow; man detained
Latvian State Police found an equipped cannabis grow in a house and greenhouse in Jersika parish, Livani municipality, seizing 114 plants at different growing and drying stages plus 19 cartridges. A man born in 1980 was detained on suspicion and a criminal case was opened, with the investigation continuing.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 114Sites 1
Six arrested in Rīga and Ādaži with about 2 kg of cannabis seized
Latvian police arrested six people in an organised dealing group between 14 and 17 September 2026 in Rīga’s Ķengaraga district and Ādaži, seizing about 2 kilograms of cannabis along with cocaine, amphetamine and other drugs after eleven searches; three suspects were remanded in custody.
Arrested 6Cannabis 2 kg
Two held as police seize 114 kg of marijuana from truck near Riga
Latvian State Police detained two men, born in 1977 and 1978, on 26 August 2026 and found a Mercedes Benz truck carrying 114 kg of dried marijuana during searches in the Riga region. Both were held in custody while investigators continued work against an organised group they said the two had formed with at least two accomplices to buy, store and sell drugs.
Arrested 2Cannabis 114 kgVehicles confiscated 1
Four held as Latgale police seize 835 plants and 24 kg of cannabis
After a long investigation, Latvian police detained four people on 3–4 June 2026 and searched ten addresses in Rēzekne, Rēzekne and Madona municipalities, finding two indoor grows with 835 marijuana plants and about 24 kilograms of dried cannabis plus guns and €3,145 cash.
Arrested 4Plants destroyed 835Cannabis 24 kg
Four held in Rīga over 9 kg of marijuana and a minor courier
On 17 and 18 March 2026 Latvian police arrested four people in Rīga who they say ran a large-scale marijuana and hashish trade, using hideouts and a 2009-born teenager as a courier; searches seized 9 kilograms of marijuana, 50 grams of hashish, €11,671 and three cars.
Arrested 4Cannabis 9.05 kgTwo held in Rīga after search finds 11 kg of cocaine and 3 kg of marijuana
Latvian State Police detained two men in Rīga on 8 March 2026 and found about 11 kg of cocaine and 3 kg of marijuana at one suspect's home, plus small amounts at the other's apartment. Police valued the whole haul at about €1 million and called it their largest cocaine seizure since 2019; a court refused to remand the men, applying non-custodial measures instead.
Arrested 2Cannabis 3.02 kg
20252 reports
More than 300 cannabis plants seized from a backyard grow in Saldus
In late July 2025 Kurzeme police found a specially equipped backyard plot in Saldus municipality, seizing more than 300 marijuana plants and dried plant material. Several suspects were detained; forensic tests on the exact weight were still pending when police publicised the case on 22 August.
89 cannabis plants seized in a Krāslava greenhouse and dried marijuana in town
On 30 and 31 July 2025 Latvian police in Krāslava and Krāslava municipality searched three addresses, pulling 89 marijuana plants from a greenhouse and about 40 grams of dried marijuana from a young man’s flat and house, opening two criminal cases.
Plants destroyed 89Cannabis 40 g
20231 report
Five detained in Kurzeme over 49.4 kg of cannabis from Spain
Latvian police and Spanish counterparts found 49.4 kg of marijuana hidden in a dried-fruit shipment meant for Latvia. Five people were detained in Kurzeme in June and August 2023, and four were remanded while investigations continued.
Arrested 5Cannabis 49.4 kg
20211 report
Record tonne of hashish seized on Riga–Daugavpils highway
Latvian State Police stopped a Lithuanian-plated truck near Jēkabpils on 12 March 2021 and found about 1,000 kg of hashish hidden under artificial stone slabs, the largest hashish seizure in the force's history. Two suspects were detained.
Arrested 2Cannabis 1 t
20191 report
144 cannabis plants found at two grow sites near Dobele; two men detained
Police in the Dobele area of Latvia dismantled two cannabis growing sites in Penkule and Ķegums parishes in early July 2019, finding 69 seedlings, 54 young plants, 16 and 5 bushes, and 2,054 grams of undried marijuana. Two men were detained and released under a preventive measure not involving imprisonment while the criminal case continued.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 144Cannabis 2.05672 kgSites 2
20121 report
Nine held after police find 2,500-plant cannabis factory in Gulbene
Vidzeme criminal police raided a house and farm building in Gulbene municipality in mid-May 2012, cutting more than 2,500 marijuana plants weighing over 300 kg and seizing several kilograms of dried cannabis. Nine people were detained and four were remanded in custody as a group production investigation opened.
Arrested 9Plants destroyed 2,500Cannabis 300 kg
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