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• Seizure24 October 2026🇽🇦 Abkhazia

  Police seize 82 grams of marijuana in Ochamchira

  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.

• Seizure30 April 2026🇽🇦 Abkhazia

  Abkhazia convicted 29 cannabis growers in two years

  In April 2026 the prosecutor general's office reported that courts had handled 33 drug-plant cultivation cases in 2024–2025 and convicted 29 people. Twelve received real prison terms, nine suspended sentences and four were sent for compulsory treatment; fines came to 2.45 million roubles. Police seized 598 cannabis roots, mostly South Krasnodar, and 547 opium poppy roots.

• Seizure20 July 2025🇽🇦 Abkhazia

  Police find 15 cannabis plants after stopping a man with a packet

  Police in Ochamchira stopped a 31-year-old local man in July 2025 and found a packet of cannabis on him. He led officers to a plot in the forest near Elyr where he had grown 15 South Krasnodar cannabis plants. A criminal case was opened and he was placed under house arrest. The case shows that a small outdoor plot is prosecuted as a crime, not treated as a minor infraction.

• Seizure19 August 2026🇽🇳 Northern Cyprus

  Northern Cyprus police seize suspected cannabis in Famagusta

  Police reported finding 1.2 kg of suspected cannabis and a precision scale in an operation in Famagusta. Two men were arrested and the investigation continued; the announcement did not report a conviction.