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Tightening 🇲🇰 North Macedonia

Police seize 40 tonnes of cannabis in North Macedonia

In late January and early February police in North Macedonia and Serbia seized 45 tonnes of cannabis, the largest drug bust in the region's history, about 40 tonnes of it in North Macedonia and about five in Serbia. The raids also found weapons caches. Between 2018 and 2024 North Macedonia had authorised 75 companies for the medical cannabis market and revoked 26 of the licences between 2021 and 2024. The authorities pledged to eliminate grey zones in the oversight of medical cannabis.[1]

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References

  1. Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime — cannabis legalization and illicit markets in the Western Balkans, 30 April 2026archived

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