<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Cannabis Enforcement Tracker</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/</link><description>New reports of cannabis eradication, seizures, raids, arrests, prosecutions and sentences.</description><language>en</language><item><title>Customs find 98 kg of marijuana hidden under lettuce</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/azerbaijan-marijuana-transit-seizure-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/azerbaijan-marijuana-transit-seizure-2026/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Azerbaijan, 2026-10-28. At the South Astara customs post on the Iranian border, officers searching a lorry bound for Russia found 97.685 kg of marijuana in 90 packages under a load of fresh lettuce. The State Customs Committee said the vehicle was carrying the cargo in transit through Azerbaijan and that an investigation had begun.</description></item><item><title>Aceh police find 18 hectares of cannabis and arrest four farmers</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/indonesia-north-aceh-cannabis-18-hectares-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/indonesia-north-aceh-cannabis-18-hectares-2026/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Indonesia, 2026-10-27. A 90-person joint team found about 18 hectares of cannabis in Teupin Reusep, North Aceh, on 27 October 2026 and handed four farmers to police. The plants were one to two metres tall and two to four months old. The site is in the same village where BNN destroyed 69 tonnes in November 2025.</description></item><item><title>Basra court sentences a drug trafficker to death over hashish and meth</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/iraq-basra-cannabis-death-sentence-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/iraq-basra-cannabis-death-sentence-2026/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Sentence</category><description>Iraq, 2026-10-27. The Basra criminal court sentenced a man to death under Article 27(1) of the 2017 drug law after large quantities of methamphetamine and hashish were found in his possession for sale. The Supreme Judicial Council announced the judgment on 27 October 2026. Article 27(1) is one of the law's trafficking provisions and carries death or life imprisonment.</description></item><item><title>The Taliban claim 8,000 anti-drug operations and 10,000 arrests</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/afghanistan-anti-drug-operations-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/afghanistan-anti-drug-operations-2026/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Afghanistan, 2026-10-27. The Interior Ministry's deputy minister for counter-narcotics said the ministry had carried out more than 8,000 operations against drug suspects in 2026 and arrested more than 10,000 people. He also claimed 4,300 operations to round up addicts and 12,500 operations to destroy poppy fields.</description></item><item><title>Three arrested as dagga lab found in Paarl house</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/za-paarl-dagga-lab-raid/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/za-paarl-dagga-lab-raid/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>South Africa, 2026-10-27. Crime Intelligence and Paarl police raided a house in Lemoenkloof on 27 October, finding a cannabis cultivation lab with plants, products, magic mushrooms and growing equipment. Two men and a woman were arrested for dealing and were due in court on 29 October.</description></item><item><title>7.3 kg of kush found in abandoned luggage at Manila airport</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/manila-naia-7335g-kush-luggage/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/manila-naia-7335g-kush-luggage/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Philippines, 2026-10-26. Customs found 7,335 grams of kush hidden in food-labelled foil inside three unclaimed bags at NAIA on 26 October, linked to two Bangkok arrivals from September. PDEA, inter-agency police and canine units joined the inspection; no owner has been identified.</description></item><item><title>Russia extradites a Turkmen opium suspect charged under the drug-supply article</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/turkmenistan-opium-extradition-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/turkmenistan-opium-extradition-2026/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Prosecution</category><description>Turkmenistan, 2026-10-26. Russian police in Zabaykalsky Krai arrested a 40-year-old Turkmen citizen who had been wanted since 2025 and extradited him to Turkmenistan in October 2026. Turkmen authorities charged him under article 327(2) with acquiring more than 100 grams of opium for sale as part of a group, an offence carrying up to 20 years.</description></item><item><title>Cordillera police seize P2.7M in drugs, arrest 8 in week of operations</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cordillera-oct19-25-drug-roundup/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cordillera-oct19-25-drug-roundup/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Philippines, 2026-10-25. Police ran 12 anti-drug operations across the Cordillera from 19 to 25 October, arresting eight suspects and seizing P2.7 million in drugs. Officers destroyed 1,150 marijuana plants and 1,200 seedlings and seized 20 kilograms of leaves and fruiting tops.</description></item><item><title>Delhi police break courier-based ganja network, arrest three</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/delhi-khyala-courier-ganja-network/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/delhi-khyala-courier-ganja-network/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>India, 2026-10-25. West Delhi's anti-narcotics squad arrested three men aged 22-25 in Khyala on 25 October, seizing 26.46 kg of Odisha ganja moved by courier in saree, sound-box and RO-purifier cartons. The Bihar-run network used false addresses so couriers would call the boss's own number.</description></item><item><title>Police seize 82 grams of marijuana in Ochamchira</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/abkhazia-large-cannabis-seizure-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/abkhazia-large-cannabis-seizure-2026/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Abkhazia, 2026-10-24. Police in Ochamchira found more than 82 g of marijuana on a local resident in October 2026. They opened a criminal case for illegal purchase, possession and transport of narcotics and placed him under house arrest. At 82 g the amount is above the 50 g especially-large threshold, so the top possession tier of five to seven years applies.</description></item><item><title>Kyrgyz security services seize cannabis and mephedrone worth 15 million som</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kyrgyzstan-mixed-drug-case-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kyrgyzstan-mixed-drug-case-2026/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Kyrgyzstan, 2026-10-23. The State Committee for National Security and the customs service reported on 23 October 2026 that they had detained four Kyrgyz citizens accused of moving and selling drugs from Southeast Asia. Searches recovered mephedrone, hashish and marijuana worth more than 15 million som. The case was opened under the supply article of the Criminal Code and the investigation continued.</description></item><item><title>146 arrested as online-dealer sweep nets 1.4 tonnes of cannabis</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/california-central-valley-blues-sweep/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/california-central-valley-blues-sweep/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>California, United States, 2026-10-22. Federal, state and local agencies arrested 146 people across 14 California counties in Operation Central Valley Blues, targeting dealers selling on social media with Meta's help. Officers seized 3,184 lb of cannabis plus meth, fentanyl pills, 43 guns and $338,000.</description></item><item><title>23 kg of hydro weed seized in lamps shipment at Delhi cargo</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/delhi-air-cargo-23kg-hydro-weed/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/delhi-air-cargo-23kg-hydro-weed/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>India, 2026-10-22. Delhi Customs found 23.2 kg of hydroponic marijuana vacuum-packed inside a wooden pallet beneath a Bangkok lamps consignment on 21-22 October. One person was arrested; the seizure follows a 148.7 kg bust on 15 October, with 172 kg held across the investigation.</description></item><item><title>Five couriers jailed over 460 kg of cannabis flown to Birmingham</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/birmingham-460kg-couriers-sentenced/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/birmingham-460kg-couriers-sentenced/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Sentence</category><description>United Kingdom, 2026-10-22. Five members of an eleven-strong smuggling gang were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court for trying to bring 460 kg of cannabis from Thailand to Birmingham via Paris. The drugs, valued at £13.8 million, were found vacuum-packed in 22 suitcases in August 2024 after Apple AirTags linked the couriers to one account.</description></item><item><title>Ho Chi Minh City arrests 151 in an inter-provincial cannabis ring</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/vietnam-hcmc-cannabis-ring-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/vietnam-hcmc-cannabis-ring-2026/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Vietnam, 2026-10-22. Ho Chi Minh City police said on 22 October 2026 that they had dismantled an inter-provincial cannabis ring led by Trần Huy Long, arresting 151 people and seizing 176.2 kg of cannabis and 178 e-cigarettes containing cannabis oil. Eighty-one of those arrested faced criminal proceedings and 70 received administrative penalties.</description></item><item><title>Türkiye destroys 48,579 cannabis plants in Diyarbakır</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/turkey-diyarbakir-cannabis-raid-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/turkey-diyarbakir-cannabis-raid-2026/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Türkiye, 2026-10-22. Jandarma teams raided 35 illegal cannabis plots in Yenişehir, Eğil and Sur with 230 personnel and drones, destroying 48,579 cannabis and skunk plants. The Interior Ministry said the plants could have produced 1.2 tonnes of hashish, and officers seized 36 kg of hashish. The operation was part of the national action plan against illegal cannabis cultivation.</description></item><item><title>Virginia senator indicted for family marijuana enterprise</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/virginia-senator-lucas-indictment/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/virginia-senator-lucas-indictment/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Prosecution</category><description>Virginia, United States, 2026-10-22. Federal prosecutors unsealed an eight-count indictment charging 82-year-old state Senator Louise Lucas and six relatives and associates with running a marijuana distribution and money-laundering enterprise from 2019. Lucas faces five counts including racketeering; she surrendered and appeared in Norfolk court the same day.</description></item><item><title>A Raqqa court hands down life for drug trafficking</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/syria-raqqa-life-sentence-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/syria-raqqa-life-sentence-2026/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Sentence</category><description>Syria, 2026-10-21. The criminal court in Raqqa sentenced a man to life imprisonment and a fine of one million new Syrian pounds for possessing narcotics with intent to traffic and use. The court applied Article 40 of the 1993 narcotics law, which carries life imprisonment for trafficking and can reach death with aggravating facts.</description></item><item><title>German arrested in Mallorca over 3.3 tonnes of Canadian cannabis</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mallorca-canadian-cannabis-arrest/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mallorca-canadian-cannabis-arrest/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Spain, 2026-10-21. Spanish police arrested a 44-year-old German resident of Mallorca over a 3,289 kg shipment of Canadian marijuana seized at Valencia port in March, Spain's largest such haul. Charged with trafficking and gang membership, he was freed without bail but barred from leaving the island.</description></item><item><title>Police burn 310,500 cannabis plants on 28 acres in the Upper Berbice River</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/guyana-berbice-river-eradication/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/guyana-berbice-river-eradication/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Guyana, 2026-10-21. Police spent over seventeen hours destroying seven cannabis cultivations, camps and drying sheds on savannahs at Wiruni and Sandhills, valued at over GY$165 million. No one was arrested; investigations continue.</description></item><item><title>Two arrested with 1,087 bhang rolls in Kiambu and Embu</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kenya-kiambu-embu-1087-rolls/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kenya-kiambu-embu-1087-rolls/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Kenya, 2026-10-21. Police arrested a suspected peddler with 800 rolls of bhang in Juja and a man with 287 rolls in Embu on 21 October, both held for arraignment. The National Police Service says the operations target drug distribution networks.</description></item><item><title>Police arrest ten students over suspected cannabis</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/madagascar-ambatondrazaka-students-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/madagascar-ambatondrazaka-students-2026/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Madagascar, 2026-10-20. Police raided a youth gathering point at Ambatondrazaka and arrested ten students aged 14 to 20, eight girls and two boys, after finding a bag of suspected cannabis.</description></item><item><title>118 kg of cannabis among RM16.2m haul at Klang temple raids</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/selangor-klang-temple-drug-raids/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/selangor-klang-temple-drug-raids/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>Malaysia, 2026-10-19. Selangor narcotics police raided five premises 13-19 October, finding 118 kg of cannabis plus ketamine, ecstasy and 20.6 kg of heroin in an unregistered Klang worship house. Eight suspects aged 19-48, half of them foreigners, were arrested; a part-time temple helper was among them.</description></item><item><title>Immigration police seize five tonnes of cannabis in a Bangkok house</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bangkok-khu-bon-5-tonnes/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bangkok-khu-bon-5-tonnes/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>Thailand, 2026-10-19. 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.</description></item><item><title>Oman's postal parcels keep bringing marijuana</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/oman-postal-cannabis-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/oman-postal-cannabis-2026/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Oman, 2026-10-19. Oman Customs found more than 4 kilograms of marijuana hidden in food bags inside a postal parcel on 19 October 2026. Earlier parcels yielded 2.07 kilograms in September 2024, and 5.4 kilograms from Thailand and 2.56 kilograms from Canada in June 2026. The cases point to small, repeated postal imports rather than one large shipment; no sender or recipient was named.</description></item><item><title>Police seize five tonnes of cannabis in Bangkok</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/thailand-bangkok-five-tonnes-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/thailand-bangkok-five-tonnes-2026/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Thailand, 2026-10-19. 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.</description></item><item><title>Woman charged after raid on illegal Ottawa cannabis shop</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ottawa-catherine-street-shop-raid/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ottawa-catherine-street-shop-raid/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>Canada, 2026-10-19. Ottawa police raided an unlicensed cannabis and nicotine shop on Catherine Street on 19 October, seizing 13 kg of flower, hash, edibles, vapes and more than $10,000. A 32-year-old Ottawa woman was charged with selling and possessing illicit cannabis.</description></item><item><title>Murder-accused man shot dead breaking into cannabis facility</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/st-vincent-cannasvg-shooting-death/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/st-vincent-cannasvg-shooting-death/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Death</category><description>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2026-10-17. Joel Williams, 23, was found with multiple gunshot wounds at the CANNASVG farm in Georgetown after police answered an intrusion call at around 12:10 am. A second intruder escaped; police say they do not know who shot him and no arrests have been made.</description></item><item><title>NDLEA destroys 7,500 kg of skunk on three-hectare Ondo farm</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ndlea-ondo-okemoro-7500kg/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ndlea-ondo-okemoro-7500kg/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Nigeria, 2026-10-17. Acting on intelligence, Ondo NDLEA raided a cannabis farm in the Okemoro Isinbode camp forest on 17 October, destroying 7,500 kg of skunk on three hectares and arresting five named suspects. Officers also kept 1,281 kg of exhibits, including seeds and fresh stems.</description></item><item><title>Georgia's drug crackdown doubles the caseload and fills the prisons</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/georgia-drug-crackdown-prisons-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/georgia-drug-crackdown-prisons-2026/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Sentence</category><description>Georgia, 2026-10-16. The Interior Ministry registered 5,598 drug crimes in 2024, 10,475 in 2025 and 7,533 in the first half of 2026; more than half were purchase or possession under Article 260. The Prosecutor General's Office opened 119 drug cases against Russian citizens in 2024, 196 in 2025 and 234 in the first nine months of 2026.</description></item><item><title>Police arrest nineteen men consuming cannabis at Namontana</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/madagascar-namontana-consumption-arrests-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/madagascar-namontana-consumption-arrests-2026/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Madagascar, 2026-10-16. Police arrested 19 men for consuming cannabis at Namontana, Antananarivo, and seized 142 sachets.</description></item><item><title>Twins deny trafficking 26 cannabis cupcakes in Lusaka</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/zambia-lusaka-cupcakes-plea-trial/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/zambia-lusaka-cupcakes-plea-trial/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Prosecution</category><description>Zambia, 2026-10-16. University twins Blessings and Gift Kaonga, 20, denied trafficking 26 marijuana-laced cupcakes before a Lusaka magistrate; at trial a DEC officer testified the sisters said they baked to raise school-food money. The 520-gram batch tested at 0.72% THC, over the 0.3% limit.</description></item><item><title>Morocco revokes 1,490 cannabis licences during the 2026 harvest</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/morocco-cannabis-licences-revoked-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/morocco-cannabis-licences-revoked-2026/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Morocco, 2026-10-15. The cannabis regulator withdrew nearly 1,300 licences from growers and 190 from other operators for breaking licensing rules. The operator licences covered seed imports, processing, marketing, exports and transport. At the same time the agency said 1,100 hectares of the local beldiya variety had been harvested, 60% of the area planted with it, by about 1,800 farmers in 154 cooperatives.</description></item><item><title>Police refuse GH₵50,000 bribe, seize 142 parcels of hemp</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ghana-tamale-142-parcels-bribe/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ghana-tamale-142-parcels-bribe/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Ghana, 2026-10-15. The Red Maria team stopped a van on the Bimbilla–Tamale road on 15 October and found 142 parcels of Indian hemp hidden in jute sacks. Four suspects, including the alleged owner, were arrested after officers refused a GH₵50,000 bribe; all were handed to the drug unit.</description></item><item><title>Laos destroys more than three tonnes of dried cannabis</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/laos-drug-destruction-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/laos-drug-destruction-2026/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Laos, 2026-10-14. Bolikhamxay authorities destroyed more than 3,000 kg of dried cannabis on 14 October 2026, alongside 6.3 million methamphetamine pills and more than two tonnes of kratom leaves. Vientiane's National Anti-Drug Day burn on 10 October included 8.578 kg of dried cannabis in a 3,894 kg total. The figures are post-conviction destructions, not annual seizures.</description></item><item><title>Six arrested in Taranaki drug raids, cannabis seized</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/new-zealand-taranaki-six-arrested/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/new-zealand-taranaki-six-arrested/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>New Zealand, 2026-10-14. A three-month operation ended with search warrants at two New Plymouth properties, six arrests and the seizure of cash, cannabis, methamphetamine, a rifle and a homemade taser. A 27-year-old woman faces cannabis supply charges and was remanded until 29 October.</description></item><item><title>Man held over cannabis farm and 16 sacks at Volta Lake</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ghana-volta-lake-lotsu-plantation/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ghana-volta-lake-lotsu-plantation/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Ghana, 2026-10-13. Marine police on patrol found a fenced compound and a cannabis plantation behind it at Mangoase on 13 October, arresting 31-year-old Vincent Lotsu and seizing 16 sacks of dried leaves. Police sent the exhibits to the crime lab; Lotsu remains in custody pending arraignment.</description></item><item><title>592 acres of cannabis destroyed in Himachal's Parvati Valley</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kullu-parvati-592-acres/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kullu-parvati-592-acres/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>India, 2026-10-12. Narcotics, border and state police with forest staff destroyed cannabis across about 592 acres (240 hectares) of high forest in Kullu's Parvati Valley over two months. Plants were cut down on the spot at 2,100 to 3,050 metres, with photos and GPS locations recorded.</description></item><item><title>Guatemala reports destroying 34,563 cannabis plants in two areas</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/guatemala-cannabis-eradication-report-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/guatemala-cannabis-eradication-report-2026/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Guatemala, 2026-10-12. Anti-narcotics police destroyed 19,420 cannabis plants near Momostenango, Totonicapán, and 15,143 in Ixmucané, Las Cruces, Petén, the Interior Ministry reported after weekend operations. Prosecutors supported the searches and eradication work. The operations applied the existing cultivation prohibition, which carries five to twenty years in prison plus a fine for unauthorised growing.</description></item><item><title>3.5 tonnes of hashish seized in farm crates at Tanger Med</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/morocco-tanger-med-3565kg/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/morocco-tanger-med-3565kg/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Morocco, 2026-10-11. Police and customs seized 3,565 kg of cannabis resin hidden in crates of farm produce inside a Moroccan-registered truck at Tanger Med on 11 October. The 35-year-old driver was detained and a judicial investigation opened; no destination was disclosed.</description></item><item><title>4.1 tonnes of hashish and smuggling boats seized at Fez farm</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/morocco-fez-farm-4100kg/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/morocco-fez-farm-4100kg/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>Morocco, 2026-10-10. Fez judicial police with the DGST raided a rural farm on 10 October, seizing 4.1 tonnes of hashish in a truck plus four inflatable boats and engines. Three suspects were detained, including a woman already wanted nationwide; all are in custody pending a prosecutor-led inquiry.</description></item><item><title>Police find cannabis plants in a car in Töv province</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mongolia-cannabis-plants-tov-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mongolia-cannabis-plants-tov-2026/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Mongolia, 2026-10-10. Police in Töv province stopped a group of people aged 20 to 28 with Kibantin tablets and cannabis-type plants in their car. They seized medicines, syringes, a drip set and cash as evidence and said the investigation was continuing. No charge, quantity or court outcome was reported.</description></item><item><title>Tobruk raid finds 400 kg of hashish smuggled from Egypt</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/libya-tobruk-hashish-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/libya-tobruk-hashish-2026/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>Libya, 2026-10-10. Eastern Libyan anti-drug officers found about 400 kg of hashish at a house in an agricultural area southeast of Tobruk. Officials valued it at about 6 million dinars and said it had crossed the Egyptian border for sale in Libya. The detainees were Libyan and Egyptian nationals.</description></item><item><title>Balimo police seize 500 kg of marijuana and arrest five</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-balimo-seizure-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/papua-new-guinea-balimo-seizure-2026/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Papua New Guinea, 2026-10-08. A police team travelled by dinghy to Gaima village in Balimo, Western Province, and seized 500 kg of marijuana in a dawn raid on 8 October 2026. Five suspects from Nipa-Kutubu in the Southern Highlands and their spouses were arrested; police said locals had harboured them. The suspects and exhibits were being taken to Daru for charges.</description></item><item><title>Hawks arrest two at dagga plantation with firearms</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/za-nelspruit-hawks-plantation-firearms/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/za-nelspruit-hawks-plantation-firearms/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>South Africa, 2026-10-07. A multidisciplinary Hawks team raided a farm outside Nelspruit on 7 October, finding a dagga plantation, processed extract, two rifles, two handguns and ammunition on expired licences. A 71-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were arrested and appeared in court the next day.</description></item><item><title>OPP dismantle grow sites in Stone Mills and Madoc</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ontario-stone-mills-madoc-grow-sites/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ontario-stone-mills-madoc-grow-sites/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Canada, 2026-10-07. Ontario's cannabis enforcement team searched properties in Stone Mills and Madoc on 7 October, seizing 1,072 plants, processed cannabis and a stolen vehicle worth over $1.8 million. No one was at either site; power was cut over fire and electrical hazards and inquiries continue.</description></item><item><title>Raids in Dortmund and Waltrop uncover grow op and arsenal</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/germany-dortmund-waltrop-raids/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/germany-dortmund-waltrop-raids/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>Germany, 2026-10-06. Police and prosecutors searched four flats, a company and two snack bars in Dortmund and Waltrop on 6 October, seizing a professional cannabis plantation, firearms and data carriers. A 43-year-old was remanded in custody; three Dortmund men are also under investigation for weapons, cocaine and cannabis trafficking.</description></item><item><title>Algeria seizes 1.66 tonnes of resin on the Moroccan border</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/algeria-bechar-resin-seizure-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/algeria-bechar-resin-seizure-2026/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Algeria, 2026-10-04. Army detachments in Bechar, near the Moroccan border, seized 1,660 kg of cannabis resin in two operations in early October 2026 and killed one trafficker, the defence ministry said. A week later, another 296 kg were seized along the Moroccan border and 51 people were arrested. The operations were part of a weekly series of army drug seizures reported along the frontier.</description></item><item><title>Fifty years for cannabis and heroin taped to a man's legs</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-cannabis-life-sentence-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/maldives-cannabis-life-sentence-2026/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Sentence</category><description>Maldives, 2026-10-01. The Criminal Court sentenced Abdulla Faseeh to 50 years and a MVR 200,000 fine on 1 October 2026 on two trafficking counts. He had been stopped at Velana airport on 7 October 2024 with 252.17 g of cannabis and 23.60 g of diamorphine taped to his legs before a domestic flight; the court imposed life on each count, calculated at 25 years, and the terms added up to 50 years.</description></item><item><title>21 arrested as airport baggage-hall drug ring is dismantled</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/belgium-brussels-airport-baggage-ring/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/belgium-brussels-airport-baggage-ring/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Belgium, 2026-09-30. Belgian, French and Dutch police arrested 21 suspects in a Eurojust-coordinated action after an 18-month probe that began with 30 kg of cocaine abandoned at Brussels Airport. Couriers flew in drugs while recruits on cheap tickets collected bags off the belts; cash, cars and guns were seized.</description></item></channel></rss>