Capital Region police seize 20 kg of marijuana in import inquiry
In the week before 10 July 2025, Capital Region police arrested six people, searched seven premises and seized 20 kilograms of marijuana hidden in shipments, including at customs checks and an industrial building in Hafnarfjörður. Three suspects were held briefly in custody.
Capital Region police said they arrested six people during the previous week as part of an inquiry
into drug imports.[1][2]Officers carried out seven house searches and seized20 kilograms of
marijuana that had been hidden in freight shipments.[1][2]
The drugs were found both during customs inspections and when police searched an industrial premises
in Hafnarfjörður.[1][2]Three of the six arrestees were held in custody for a time.[1][2]Police
said the investigation was progressing well and gave no further detail on charges.[1][2]
RÚV reported the announcement on 10 July 2025, repeating the police statement that more than 20 kg
had been seized.[1]The national police website published the same account the same day.[2]
Case data
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On 23 September 2026, Westfjords police searched a home in Bolungarvík and seized dozens of fully grown cannabis plants and the growing equipment. The occupant was arrested, questioned and released. Police called the case solved.
By 6 July 2026, capital-area police had stopped three cannabis grows in southwest Iceland, seized just under 800 plants and arrested eight people after eight searches. Police said the cannabis was meant for sale. No charges or court outcome were given.
Police raiding a remodelled house in the fishing town of Grenivík on 4 March 2017 found more than 50 mature cannabis plants, 30 smaller ones and 2 kg of dried marijuana, arresting one man who confessed the drugs were his. The same house had been raided for a larger growing operation in May 2016.
Icelandic customs in Reykjavík intercepted a postal parcel containing 2.5 kg of hash on 6 May 2004, addressed to a man in his twenties in the Suðurnes region. Police in Keflavík arrested two men who took delivery in Reykjanesbær the next day; three people were held and one was remanded until 25 May.