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Customs find 98 kg of marijuana hidden under lettuce
At the South Astara customs post on the Iranian border, officers searching a lorry bound for Russia found 97.685 kg of marijuana in 90 packages under a load of fresh lettuce. The State Customs Committee said the vehicle was carrying the cargo in transit through Azerbaijan and that an investigation had begun.
Aceh police find 18 hectares of cannabis and arrest four farmers
A 90-person joint team found about 18 hectares of cannabis in Teupin Reusep, North Aceh, on 27 October 2026 and handed four farmers to police. The plants were one to two metres tall and two to four months old. The site is in the same village where BNN destroyed 69 tonnes in November 2025.
Basra court sentences a drug trafficker to death over hashish and meth
The Basra criminal court sentenced a man to death under Article 27(1) of the 2017 drug law after large quantities of methamphetamine and hashish were found in his possession for sale. The Supreme Judicial Council announced the judgment on 27 October 2026. Article 27(1) is one of the law's trafficking provisions and carries death or life imprisonment.
The Taliban claim 8,000 anti-drug operations and 10,000 arrests
The Interior Ministry's deputy minister for counter-narcotics said the ministry had carried out more than 8,000 operations against drug suspects in 2026 and arrested more than 10,000 people. He also claimed 4,300 operations to round up addicts and 12,500 operations to destroy poppy fields.
Three arrested as dagga lab found in Paarl house
Crime Intelligence and Paarl police raided a house in Lemoenkloof on 27 October, finding a cannabis cultivation lab with plants, products, magic mushrooms and growing equipment. Two men and a woman were arrested for dealing and were due in court on 29 October.
Arrested 37.3 kg of kush found in abandoned luggage at Manila airport
Customs found 7,335 grams of kush hidden in food-labelled foil inside three unclaimed bags at NAIA on 26 October, linked to two Bangkok arrivals from September. PDEA, inter-agency police and canine units joined the inspection; no owner has been identified.
Cannabis 7.3 kgRussia extradites a Turkmen opium suspect charged under the drug-supply article
Russian police in Zabaykalsky Krai arrested a 40-year-old Turkmen citizen who had been wanted since 2025 and extradited him to Turkmenistan in October 2026. Turkmen authorities charged him under article 327(2) with acquiring more than 100 grams of opium for sale as part of a group, an offence carrying up to 20 years.
Cordillera police seize P2.7M in drugs, arrest 8 in week of operations
Police ran 12 anti-drug operations across the Cordillera from 19 to 25 October, arresting eight suspects and seizing P2.7 million in drugs. Officers destroyed 1,150 marijuana plants and 1,200 seedlings and seized 20 kilograms of leaves and fruiting tops.
Arrested 8Plants destroyed 1,150Cannabis 20 kgDelhi police break courier-based ganja network, arrest three
West Delhi's anti-narcotics squad arrested three men aged 22-25 in Khyala on 25 October, seizing 26.46 kg of Odisha ganja moved by courier in saree, sound-box and RO-purifier cartons. The Bihar-run network used false addresses so couriers would call the boss's own number.
Arrested 3Cannabis 26.5 kgPolice seize 82 grams of marijuana in Ochamchira
Police in Ochamchira found more than 82 g of marijuana on a local resident in October 2026. They opened a criminal case for illegal purchase, possession and transport of narcotics and placed him under house arrest. At 82 g the amount is above the 50 g especially-large threshold, so the top possession tier of five to seven years applies.
Kyrgyz security services seize cannabis and mephedrone worth 15 million som
The State Committee for National Security and the customs service reported on 23 October 2026 that they had detained four Kyrgyz citizens accused of moving and selling drugs from Southeast Asia. Searches recovered mephedrone, hashish and marijuana worth more than 15 million som. The case was opened under the supply article of the Criminal Code and the investigation continued.
146 arrested as online-dealer sweep nets 1.4 tonnes of cannabis
Federal, state and local agencies arrested 146 people across 14 California counties in Operation Central Valley Blues, targeting dealers selling on social media with Meta's help. Officers seized 3,184 lb of cannabis plus meth, fentanyl pills, 43 guns and $338,000.
Arrested 146Cannabis 1,444.2 kg23 kg of hydro weed seized in lamps shipment at Delhi cargo
Delhi Customs found 23.2 kg of hydroponic marijuana vacuum-packed inside a wooden pallet beneath a Bangkok lamps consignment on 21-22 October. One person was arrested; the seizure follows a 148.7 kg bust on 15 October, with 172 kg held across the investigation.
Arrested 1Cannabis 23.2 kgFive couriers jailed over 460 kg of cannabis flown to Birmingham
Five members of an eleven-strong smuggling gang were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court for trying to bring 460 kg of cannabis from Thailand to Birmingham via Paris. The drugs, valued at £13.8 million, were found vacuum-packed in 22 suitcases in August 2024 after Apple AirTags linked the couriers to one account.
Cannabis 460 kgHo Chi Minh City arrests 151 in an inter-provincial cannabis ring
Ho Chi Minh City police said on 22 October 2026 that they had dismantled an inter-provincial cannabis ring led by Trần Huy Long, arresting 151 people and seizing 176.2 kg of cannabis and 178 e-cigarettes containing cannabis oil. Eighty-one of those arrested faced criminal proceedings and 70 received administrative penalties.
Türkiye destroys 48,579 cannabis plants in Diyarbakır
Jandarma teams raided 35 illegal cannabis plots in Yenişehir, Eğil and Sur with 230 personnel and drones, destroying 48,579 cannabis and skunk plants. The Interior Ministry said the plants could have produced 1.2 tonnes of hashish, and officers seized 36 kg of hashish. The operation was part of the national action plan against illegal cannabis cultivation.
Virginia senator indicted for family marijuana enterprise
Federal prosecutors unsealed an eight-count indictment charging 82-year-old state Senator Louise Lucas and six relatives and associates with running a marijuana distribution and money-laundering enterprise from 2019. Lucas faces five counts including racketeering; she surrendered and appeared in Norfolk court the same day.
Charged 7A Raqqa court hands down life for drug trafficking
The criminal court in Raqqa sentenced a man to life imprisonment and a fine of one million new Syrian pounds for possessing narcotics with intent to traffic and use. The court applied Article 40 of the 1993 narcotics law, which carries life imprisonment for trafficking and can reach death with aggravating facts.
German arrested in Mallorca over 3.3 tonnes of Canadian cannabis
Spanish police arrested a 44-year-old German resident of Mallorca over a 3,289 kg shipment of Canadian marijuana seized at Valencia port in March, Spain's largest such haul. Charged with trafficking and gang membership, he was freed without bail but barred from leaving the island.
Arrested 1Charged 2Cannabis 3,289 kgPolice burn 310,500 cannabis plants on 28 acres in the Upper Berbice River
Police spent over seventeen hours destroying seven cannabis cultivations, camps and drying sheds on savannahs at Wiruni and Sandhills, valued at over GY$165 million. No one was arrested; investigations continue.
Plants destroyed 310,500Hectares 11.3Cannabis 199.6 kgTwo arrested with 1,087 bhang rolls in Kiambu and Embu
Police arrested a suspected peddler with 800 rolls of bhang in Juja and a man with 287 rolls in Embu on 21 October, both held for arraignment. The National Police Service says the operations target drug distribution networks.
Arrested 2Police arrest ten students over suspected cannabis
Police raided a youth gathering point at Ambatondrazaka and arrested ten students aged 14 to 20, eight girls and two boys, after finding a bag of suspected cannabis.
118 kg of cannabis among RM16.2m haul at Klang temple raids
Selangor narcotics police raided five premises 13-19 October, finding 118 kg of cannabis plus ketamine, ecstasy and 20.6 kg of heroin in an unregistered Klang worship house. Eight suspects aged 19-48, half of them foreigners, were arrested; a part-time temple helper was among them.
Arrested 8Cannabis 118.3 kgImmigration police seize five tonnes of cannabis in a Bangkok house
Immigration police raided a rented three-storey house in Bang Khen after neighbours complained about the smell and found more than five tonnes of cannabis flowers. Five foreign nationals sorting the flowers were detained; the licence the operation relied on had been issued for another province.
Arrested 5Cannabis 5,000 kgOman's postal parcels keep bringing marijuana
Oman Customs found more than 4 kilograms of marijuana hidden in food bags inside a postal parcel on 19 October 2026. Earlier parcels yielded 2.07 kilograms in September 2024, and 5.4 kilograms from Thailand and 2.56 kilograms from Canada in June 2026. The cases point to small, repeated postal imports rather than one large shipment; no sender or recipient was named.
Police seize five tonnes of cannabis in Bangkok
Immigration police raided a rented house in Bang Khen district, Bangkok, on 19 October 2026 and found five tonnes of cannabis buds. They arrested a Vietnamese man and four Myanmar workers who were paid 200–300 baht a day to sort and pack the flower.
Woman charged after raid on illegal Ottawa cannabis shop
Ottawa police raided an unlicensed cannabis and nicotine shop on Catherine Street on 19 October, seizing 13 kg of flower, hash, edibles, vapes and more than $10,000. A 32-year-old Ottawa woman was charged with selling and possessing illicit cannabis.
Charged 1Cannabis 13.4 kgMurder-accused man shot dead breaking into cannabis facility
Joel Williams, 23, was found with multiple gunshot wounds at the CANNASVG farm in Georgetown after police answered an intrusion call at around 12:10 am. A second intruder escaped; police say they do not know who shot him and no arrests have been made.
Deaths 1NDLEA destroys 7,500 kg of skunk on three-hectare Ondo farm
Acting on intelligence, Ondo NDLEA raided a cannabis farm in the Okemoro Isinbode camp forest on 17 October, destroying 7,500 kg of skunk on three hectares and arresting five named suspects. Officers also kept 1,281 kg of exhibits, including seeds and fresh stems.
Arrested 5Hectares 3Cannabis 7,500 kgGeorgia's drug crackdown doubles the caseload and fills the prisons
The Interior Ministry registered 5,598 drug crimes in 2024, 10,475 in 2025 and 7,533 in the first half of 2026; more than half were purchase or possession under Article 260. The Prosecutor General's Office opened 119 drug cases against Russian citizens in 2024, 196 in 2025 and 234 in the first nine months of 2026.
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