Police seize 320 marijuana plants hidden in Savannakhet rubber plantation
Police in Savannakhet province seized 320 marijuana plants that a villager had planted inside a rubber plantation near Somsa-ath village in July 2019. No arrests or weights were reported.
Police in Savannakhet province seized a large marijuana crop that a villager had
planted clandestinely inside a rubber plantation in Somsa-ath village, in Kaysone
Phomvihane city.[1][2]The raid took place on the Monday before the 1 August 2019
report, which was 29 July 2019.[1][2]
Officers netted 166 growing marijuana plants and another 154 harvested plants that
had already been dried, 320 plants in total.[1][2]The reports name no suspects,
describe no arrests and give no weight for the dried plants.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Bolikhamxay authorities destroyed more than 3,000 kg of dried cannabis on 14 October 2026, alongside 6.3 million methamphetamine pills and more than two tonnes of kratom leaves. Vientiane's National Anti-Drug Day burn on 10 October included 8.578 kg of dried cannabis in a 3,894 kg total. The figures are post-conviction destructions, not annual seizures.
Three Malaysians aged 25 to 29 were arrested at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane with 86 kg of cannabis in 103 packages, concealed in suitcases and bound for Germany. The case was one of the few cannabis-specific airport seizures reported in 2025.
Lao media reported on 26 March 2024 that a couple had been arrested in Bolikhamxay with more than 800 kg of cannabis and nearly 300 amphetamine pills. The same report described 1,000 kg of crystal meth seized in Xayaboury and 166 kg in Bokeo. It gave no charge, court date or sentence for the cannabis case.
Radio Free Asia reported in January 2024 that Thai drinks containing up to 0.2% THC were on sale in Vientiane markets, despite Laos's ban. A Vientiane police officer said only cannabis products authorised by the Ministry of Health for medical use were allowed and that police confiscated illegal products.