List of cannabis seizures

This is a list of cannabis seizures notable for record-setting size or social precedent.

Operation Agency Location Year Amount and form* Notes
U.S.–Colombia joint operationGuajira Peninsula, Colombia1978570+ tonslargest drug seizure to date by a factor of 10, worth $200 million[1][2]
Night Train SeizureUS Coast GuardAtlantic Ocean near Florida197854 tons (108,000 lb)
US Coast GuardPacific Ocean 150 miles from San Diego198426,000 poundsyacht Arrakis; largest on West Coast to date[3]
Project PacificoDEA and Mexican authoritiesChihuahua, Northern Mexico198410,000 tons (20 thousand pounds)Series of raids in Mexico, some unharvested plants, some harvested and baled. Seizure included 45 trucks able to carry 30 tons of bales each.[2]
Cornbread Mafia seizureOrganized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (investigator)10 Midwest states, based in Kentucky1989182 tons (364,000 pounds) valued at $350 millionOver 70 individuals indicted operating 29 farms,[4][5][6] called by federal prosecutors the "largest domestic marijuana producing organization in the nation."[7]
Operation Green SweepUS Army/National Guard/Fed agenciesEmerald Triangle, California19901400 plantsfirst time active-duty troops engaged in counterdrug activities inside US borders[8]
Operation ConquistadorDEACaribbean (multiple)2000362 tonnesDEA coordinated 26 country effort;[9] largest in this table by weight
Operation KeymerLocal policeCambridge UK200654 kg (119 lb)
Operation Imperial EmperorDEACalifornia–Mexico200727,229 poundsother drugs and $45 million cash seized[3][10]
Federal/localHouston200719,000 pounds[3]seized drugs were being transported in school buses[11]
2007–2008 Norwegian cannabis raidsNational Criminal Investigation ServiceNorway2007–2008500 cannabis plants on a single farm, over 40 individual raidsOne of Norway's largest narcotics cases[12]
Counter Narcotics Police of AfghanistanKahdahar, Afghanistan2008260 tons hashish
520,000 lb†		said to be largest drug seizure in history at the time, worth $400 million[13][14]
US interagency?Queens200950,000 poundsBC bud, street value $150 million[3]
Operation Save our SierraState/FederalFresno, California2009330,000 plantsestimated value $1 billion, largest in this table[3][15]
RCMPMontreal20108 tons (16,000 pounds) hashishfound in abandoned trailer[16]
Operation DeliveranceDEAMexico–US201069 tonsBilateral[9]
Cowabungle raid?Federal policeTijuana2010105 tonslargest seizure in Mexico in years[17]
Operation Kruz ControlFederal interagency/localArizona2012–201327,000 poundsyearlong operation
CBPCalexico border crossing201335,000 poundslargest seizure at US-Mexico border[18][19]
Local policeGoodrich, Texas2014100,000 plantslargest seizure in Texas history at the time[20]
Operation Weed Eaters and Operation ThunderstormNational Drug Law Enforcement AgencyOndo State and elsewhere in NigeriaJanuary–June 201445,875 kilograms (101,137 lb)[21]
National Drug Law Enforcement AgencyAkure, Ondo StateJanuary–June 201434,030 kilograms (75,020 lb)Largest single seizure by agency in Ondo State to date, over 20% of all the previous year's seizures, valued at 364 million naira[22]
CBPOtay Mesa port of entry, San Diego County, California201527,000 poundsSecond-largest seizure at US–Mexico border[19]
Federal/localLipscomb County, Texas2015109,000 plantsnew state record[23][24]
Hong Kong Police ForceHong Kong2017180 kg (400 lb)largest seizure in HK in a decade[25]

*Assumed dried leaf or flower material unless otherwise specified.
†May not be independently verified

References
  1. "Colombia raids net 574 tons of marijuana", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario, p. 3, May 1, 1978
  2. Brinkley, Joel (Nov 23, 1984). "Vast, undreamed-of drug use feared". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  3. "America's 5 biggest pot busts", The Week, June 17, 2010
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  8. Bishop, Katherine (August 10, 1990). "Military Takes Part in Drug Sweep And Reaps Criticism and a Lawsuit". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  9. Kleiman & Hawdon 2011, p. 212.
  10. Richard Marosi and Tracy Wilkinson (July 28, 2011), "Suspicion in Mexico's Sinaloa cartel", The Los Angeles TimesCS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  11. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SEIZE 19,000 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA, US Fed News Service, March 5, 2007, archived from the original on April 28, 2017 – via HighBeam (subscription required)
  12. Dagsavisen: Femti cannabis-gartnere fengslet Archived November 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, presentert 27. februar 2008
  13. "World's biggest drug seizure in Afghanistan", Daily Telegraph, June 11, 2008
  14. Afghans' 260-ton hashish bust could be record: Worth tops $400 million, NATO says, Associated Press, June 11, 2008 – via NBC News
  15. Nick Valencia (July 23, 2009), $1 billion in marijuana seized in California, CNN
  16. Nearly 8 tons of hashish seized in Canada, NBC News, September 15, 2010
  17. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/10/18/mexico.drug.seizure/
  18. http://fox59.com/2015/03/02/feds-seize-15-tons-of-marijuana-in-second-largest-weed-bust-ever-at-a-u-s-boarder-crossing/
  19. Andie Adams (February 27, 2015). "Record-Breaking Bust: 15 Tons of Pot Seized at Otay Mesa Port, the seizure has an estimated street value of about $18.96 million". NBC San Diego.
  20. East Texas marijuana fields valued at $175 million, Associated Press, July 30, 2014 – via The Cannabist (Denver Post)
  21. Oluwaseun Akingboye (16 June 2019). "Marijuana: Controversies over Ondo's new 'gold mine'". The Guardian Sunday Magazine. Nigeria.
  22. Ben Ezeamalu (March 13, 2015). "NDLEA makes "single largest" seizure of cannabis in Ondo". Premium Times. Nigeria.
  23. "109K-plant marijuana bust could be largest of its kind in Texas history", Amarillo Globe-News, June 9, 2015
  24. "109K-plant marijuana bust could be largest of its kind in Texas history", Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, June 10, 2015
  25. "Largest Hong Kong cannabis haul in 10 years nets 180kg worth HK$29 million", South China Morning Post, January 5, 2017

Sources
  • Kleiman, M.A.R.; Hawdon, J.E. (2011). Encyclopedia of Drug Policy. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1-5063-3824-8. Retrieved 2018-04-21.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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