March 2025
4 reports. Seizures 3 · Prosecutions 1
Cameroon's gendarmes find 50 sacks of cannabis in a soap lorry
Gendarmes of the Njimom brigade stopped a lorry at the Manki checkpoint in the Noun department of the West region and found 50 sacks of cannabis hidden among cartons of soap. The driver and two other men were detained, and the defence ministry said they and the cargo would be handed to the courts.
CNB finds 6.9 kg of cannabis in a Cavenagh Road flat
On 19 March 2025 narcotics officers forced entry to a private flat near Cavenagh Road and found about 6,885 g of cannabis in the bedroom where a 26-year-old Singaporean man was arrested.[@1] They also seized 'Ice', ketamine, Ecstasy, LSD stamps and GHB, and a further 25 g of cannabis in his car.[@1] CNB valued the cannabis at more than S$184,000 and said it could feed about 1,040 abusers for a…
Turkmen border guards find 15 kg of Afghan heroin with a shepherd
Border guards on the Afghan frontier in Mary region found 15 kg of heroin hidden in a shepherd's animal feed during a search on 13 March 2025. The shepherd said he was to move the drugs to Ahal and Dashoguz regions and refused to name his accomplices. The case was reported on 27 March; it involved heroin, not cannabis, and showed the border service's role in interdicting Afghan opiates.
Choiseul police charge a grower under both cannabis offences
Police at Taro in Choiseul arrested a 27-year-old man on 6 March 2025 and charged him with growing prohibited plants under section 8(a) and possessing a dangerous drug under section 8(b) of the Dangerous Drugs Act. Officers uprooted his plants and found cannabis on him at the arrest. The case shows both limbs of the 1941 law being used against a small grower.