🇹🇭 Thailand
6 reports of cannabis enforcement.
Totals add up only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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Immigration police seize five tonnes of cannabis in a Bangkok house
Immigration police raided a rented three-storey house in Bang Khen after neighbours complained about the smell and found more than five tonnes of cannabis flowers. Five foreign nationals sorting the flowers were detained; the licence the operation relied on had been issued for another province.
Arrested 5Cannabis 5,000 kgPolice seize five tonnes of cannabis in Bangkok
Immigration police raided a rented house in Bang Khen district, Bangkok, on 19 October 2026 and found five tonnes of cannabis buds. They arrested a Vietnamese man and four Myanmar workers who were paid 200–300 baht a day to sort and pack the flower.
Thai police warn couriers after 4.5 tonnes seized abroad
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.
Thailand counts 7,297 cannabis shops closed
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.
Thailand warns tourists against taking cannabis out of the country
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.
Britain and Thailand join forces against cannabis couriers
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.
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