Is Cocaine legal in Aruba (Netherlands)?
- Legal status
- Controlled under Aruba's Criminal Code and narcotics (opium) ordinance — possession, sale and trafficking are offences and the precise provision and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current law; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
- Consequences if caught
- Cocaine is controlled in Aruba under Aruba's Criminal Code and narcotics (opium) ordinance. In Aruba, drugs fall under Aruba's own Criminal Code and narcotics (opium) ordinance — Aruba has been an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands since 1986 and, unlike the European Netherlands, operates NO coffeeshop tolerance. Trafficking carries imprisonment together with a fine; the precise provision and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current law. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Library of Congress and the UNODC legal database (unodc.org/cld) pending a clean territory-primary statute portal.
- If prescribed or medical
- Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
- Documentation
- In Aruba, drugs fall under Aruba's own Criminal Code and narcotics (opium) ordinance — Aruba has been an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands since 1986 and, unlike the European Netherlands, operates NO coffeeshop tolerance. Trafficking carries imprisonment together with a fine; the precise provision and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current law. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Library of Congress and the UNODC legal database (unodc.org/cld) pending a clean territory-primary statute portal. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.
Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Aruba (Netherlands)’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.
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