In August 2025 the Paro District Court sentenced a 33-year-old Indian national to six years for bringing more than 7 kg of cannabis through Paro airport from Bangkok. In October it sentenced three Indian nationals to between five years and five years and six months for a separate haul of more than 7 kg on the same route. The court treated the amounts as far above the 50-gram threshold, making them trafficking. The cases were enforcement, not a change in the law.[1][2]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Bhutan here.
References
- BBS — Paro District Court convicts Indian national for illicit cannabis trafficking (12 August 2025)Six-year sentence; more than 7 kg seized at Paro airport in April 2025
- BBS — Paro District Court sentences three Indian nationals to over five years for smuggling cannabis (14 October 2025)Judgment passed 13 October 2025; 5 years, 5 years 3 months and 5 years 6 months; more than 7 kg
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