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Enforcement 🇵🇸 Palestine

West Bank drug cases rise by a third in 2025

Palestinian police in the West Bank recorded 2,071 drug cases in 2024 and 2,772 in 2025, a 34% increase. In 2025 they arrested 3,107 people, including 250 dealers, 74 promoters and 2,757 users, and seized 73.851 kg of cannabis and cannabis products; no cannabis nurseries were found that year.[1]

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References

  1. Qudsnet — Police report a marked rise in drug enforcement in 2025, 31 May 20262,071 cases in 2024; 2,772 in 2025; 3,107 arrests; 73.851 kg cannabis; no nurseries in 2025archived

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