🇾🇪 Yemen
7 reports of cannabis enforcement.
Totals add up only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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Yemen's government reports about 1.3 tonnes of drugs seized in first half of 2026
The interior ministry's drug-control administration reported about 1.3 tonnes of drugs seized in government-controlled areas in the first half of 2026: 613.7 kg of hashish, 617.6 kg of methamphetamine, 100 kg of heroin, 4 kg of opium, more than a million Captagon pills and 41,768 other pills.
Sana'a court jails 12 in hashish trafficking and use case
The Specialized Criminal Court in Sana'a sentenced four men to 25 years for possessing and distributing hashish with intent to traffic and for preparing a place for its use. Three others got five years for possessing hashish for use, five got one year for preparing drug-use premises, and one was acquitted.
Yemen's government counts nearly three tonnes of hashish seized
The drug control administration of the interior ministry of Yemen's internationally recognised government reported 2,986 kg of hashish seized in 2025 in the governorates it controls, beside 1,530 kg of crystal methamphetamine, 169 kg of heroin and 482,596 Captagon pills. It counted 704 drug cases, 488 of them for use, and 1,260 suspects, of whom 827 were users.
Sana'a court sentences a hashish dealer to death
The Specialized Criminal Court in Sana'a sentenced Ahmed Abed al-Dhabian to death for buying, possessing, transporting and selling hashish, and ordered his movable and immovable property confiscated. A second defendant received 25 years for drug trafficking, and three others five years each for possessing hashish with intent to use.
Hadramout court sentences six Iranians to death over three tonnes of hashish
The Specialized Criminal Court in Hadramout sentenced six Iranian nationals to death for smuggling nearly three tonnes of hashish and crystal methamphetamine from Iran into Yemeni waters. The court ordered the drugs destroyed and the seized items confiscated, and the justice ministry said the case was part of efforts against transnational organised crime.
Marib forces seize 190 kg of hashish bound for Houthi areas
Security forces in Marib stopped a truck carrying 190 kg of hashish at a checkpoint and said it was being smuggled into Houthi-controlled territory. The head of Marib's drug-control department, Abdul Razzaq al-Ruwaifi, said the shipment and the accused were handed to the prosecution. The seizure was announced by the official Saba news agency and reported by Yemen Monitor.
Sana'a court hands five death sentences in a 994 kg hashish case
The Specialized Criminal Court in Sana'a sentenced 32 defendants in a hashish-trafficking case: five to death, 12 to 25 years and 15 to five years. The court ordered 994 kg of hashish destroyed and confiscated property; in a separate case that day, one man got five years and two others 25 years for possessing a block of hashish.
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