The scientific police said they lacked staff and equipment to confirm whether seized material was a controlled drug, so samples went to Portugal's judicial police and results took about two weeks. They described initial testing in Dili and a 2022 cannabis case that was still in court. The statement points to the laboratory gap the 2012 UN assessment had already identified.[1]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Timor-Leste here.
References
- TATOLI — «PCIC sei menus rekursu umanu no fasilidade ba teste droga», 26 June 2024Interview with Inspector Chief Mário Tavares
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