Hemp seedlings seized at the Schaanwald border crossing
On 11 May 2026 customs officers at Schaanwald found hemp seedlings on a man entering from Austria; Liechtenstein police seized the plants and reported him for a breach of the Narcotics Act.
At about 10:45 on Monday 11 May 2026 a man crossed from Austria into Liechtenstein at
the Schaanwald border post.[1][2]During a check, officers of the Office for Customs
and Border Security (BAZG) found hemp seedlings on him.[1][2]
The Liechtenstein national police seized the plants and reported the man for an offence
under the Narcotics Act.[1][2]Liechtenstein’s police bulletin and local press published
the case on 12 and 13 May 2026.[1][2]
Case data
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Customs officers at the Esendere border gate in Hakkari stopped a Turkish traveller arriving from Iran and found 49.56 grams of suspected cannabis hidden in his shoe soles. The Yüksekova Chief Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into the seizure.
The PDI's anti-narcotics brigade in Calama seized 186 kg of pressed marijuana at a stash point in the border area near San Pedro de Atacama, a find the local prosecutor said came from the internal border task force. The PDI valued the load at 900 million pesos and said it would be destroyed.
Paraná's Border Police Battalion and federal agencies seized 7,781 kg of marijuana and skunk hidden in a maize load on a bitrem truck stopped on BR-163 near Marechal Cândido Rondon, and arrested a 30-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman. The operation, part of Operação Protetor, ran from 10 to 11 November 2026, and the battalion put the loss to organised crime at R$16,318,000.
After an earlier judgment was partly overturned, testing found 63–65% THC in three sampled vapes from a seized consignment. A combined CHF2,400 fine remained, with CHF600 expert costs; the reported judgment was still open to appeal.