🇹🇼 Taiwan
3 reports of cannabis enforcement.
Totals add up only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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Taiwan seizes 766 kg of cannabis in its largest bust in a decade
Coast guard and police officers stopped a truck in New Taipei's Rueifang district early on 3 June 2026 and found 1,309 packages holding 766.09 kg of dried cannabis flower, along with amphetamine and mixed drugs. The coast guard valued the haul at about NT$1.62 billion and said it was its largest cannabis seizure in ten years; seven people were arrested and prosecutors indicted them on 24 August.
Taiwan rounds up 245 people in a nationwide cannabis sweep
On 23 and 24 September 2025 prosecutors, police and military police searched 330 places in 20 jurisdictions and arrested 245 people for growing, using or possessing cannabis. They seized 1.68 kg of cannabis, 83 cannabis products, 97 vape pods and 581 pieces of paraphernalia. The High Prosecutors' Office said the operation was meant to uncover hidden users and reject calls for legalisation.
Taiwan breaks its record for cannabis plants seized in one case
Prosecutors announced on 15 October 2024 that raids in Hsinchu in May had found 5,659 cannabis plants and 1,666 seeds across two indoor farms, with a street value estimated at more than NT$20 billion. Police said the farms belonged to the same group and charged 11 people, including an alleged organised-crime figure. It was the largest cannabis cultivation case by plant count in Taiwan's history.
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