Azerbaijan seizes 3.7 tonnes of marijuana and hashish in five months
Between January and May 2026 Azerbaijani agencies took 3,664 kg of marijuana, 214.2 kg of hashish and 3,660 cannabis plants out of circulation, the State Commission for Combating Drug Addiction reported. The same tally covered 4,263.1 kg of drugs of every kind, which the working group valued at 111.8 million manat, and 2,110 people held criminally liable.
In the first five months of 2026, January to May, Azerbaijani agencies took 4
tonnes263.1 kg of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances out of illegal
circulation.[1]The figures came from the working group of the State
Commission for Combating Drug Addiction and Illegal Drug Trafficking.[1]The
working group valued the whole haul of every drug at 111.8 million manat.[2]
Marijuana made up 3,664 kg of the haul and hashish214.2 kg, alongside heroin,
opium, other narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.[1]The
Azerbaijani-language report gives the marijuana weight more precisely as 3
tonnes664 kg289.559 grams and the hashish weight as 214 kg243.147 grams.[3]Officers also took 3,660 hemp plants, çətənə in Azerbaijani, out of circulation.[2]
Officers held 2,110 people criminally liable over illegal drug trafficking in
the five months, 2,057 men and 53 women, 25 of them foreign nationals.[2]The
working group counted 3,766 drug crimes in the period: 890 for illegal sale,
2,841 for keeping drugs, 33 for cultivation and two other crimes.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The 4,263.1 kg total and the 111.8 million manat value cover narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances of every kind, so only the separately stated marijuana and hashish weights are recorded as cannabis.
22 June 2026 is the publication date of all three accounts; the tally covers January–May 2026 and no single operation date is given.
The 2,110 people held criminally liable and the 3,766 crimes are all-drug national figures for the period, not all of them tied to cannabis, and no court outcomes are reported.
Operativmm.az gives the all-drug total once as 4 tonnes 263.1 kg 169.4 grams and once as 4 tonnes 263.1 kg 533.1 grams; the br.az report rounds it to 4 tonnes 263.1 kg.
The working group's own statement was not found opened online; the account rests on three outlets reporting it.
No district breakdown or cannabis-only valuation was published.
Between January and September 2026 Azerbaijan seized 8.4 tonnes of drugs, including 7,236 kg of marijuana, 253 kg of hashish and 21,355 cannabis plants, the State Commission reported. Police detected 6,247 drug cases and held 4,352 people criminally liable, while the Interior Ministry put its own nine-month seizures at 6,443 kg.
Charged 4,352Plants destroyed 21,355Cannabis 7.49053271 t
Customs officers at South Astara found 97.685 kilograms of cannabis in 90 packages hidden under lettuce on a truck travelling from Iran to Russia. A customs dog indicated the pallet during an inspection, and the State Customs Committee reported that an investigation was under way.
In January–August 2026 the authorities recorded 5,561 drug crimes and seized 6,994.958 kg of narcotics and psychotropic substances, valued at 208.47 million manat, the State Commission for Combating Drug Addiction reported. Marijuana accounted for 5,928.805 kg and hashish for 247.630 kg, and officers also took 17,372 cannabis plants out of circulation.
Officers at the Bilasuvar customs post found 25 kg 570 g of dried marijuana in 80 packages hidden in the pallets of a lorry carrying onions from Iran to Russia via Azerbaijan. The State Customs Committee said an investigation was under way, and no arrest was reported.
