Kuwait’s General Department for Drug Control recorded 160 drug cases involving 205 suspects between 1 and 30 September 2026 and referred them to prosecution.[1] The 205 detained suspects comprised 131 in use cases, 47 in trafficking cases, 11 in import cases and 16 in drug misdemeanour cases.[1] Authorities deported 194 expatriates of various nationalities during the same monthly crackdown.[2] The agency also logged 52 addiction complaints, 43 from males and 9 from females, as part of its security and treatment work.[1] The cases comprised 104 use cases, 29 trafficking cases, 15 drug misdemeanours, 8 import cases and 4 cases against unknown persons.[1]

Seized cannabis recorded here totalled about 18.8 kg, comprising 14 kg and 495 g of hashish and 4 kg and 308 g of marijuana.[1] The same operation also seized about 724,946 pills, more than 62 kg of shabu and 5.159 kg of heroin, which are not counted as cannabis.[1] The same seizure account also listed 6 g of chemical drugs and 305 g of cocaine, which are likewise not counted as cannabis.[1] Officers also seized a Kalashnikov, four pistols, three shotguns and an air rifle in the same cases.[1]

The statistics were issued under director Brigadier Mohammed Qabazard and his deputy Brigadier Sheikh Hamad Al-Youssef.[1] A security source said the results reflected field work, investigations and monitoring of suspicious activity to identify and detain those involved.[1] A second account of the same September statistics likewise reported 160 drug-related cases involving 205 suspects.[2]