{"version":1,"id":"cd","name":"DR Congo","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/cd/","count":7,"totals":{"reports":7,"arrested":3,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":4985,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":6,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-15","reports":[{"id":"mambasa-centre-chanvre-arrest","code":"CET-PG33MT","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mambasa-centre-chanvre-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PG33MT/","date":"2026-10-15","added_at":"2026-10-30T20:38:50.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:31:22.000Z","country":"cd","country_name":"DR Congo","place":"Mambasa-centre, Mambasa territory, Ituri","coordinates":[1.373,28.605],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Young man held with one and a half sacks of hemp at Mambasa-centre","summary":"On 15 October 2026 the public prosecutor’s office at Mambasa peace court seized one and a half sacks of hemp and held a young man suspected of trafficking at Mambasa-centre; civil-society monitors said a FARDC lieutenant was named as the presumed owner, without court or military confirmation.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1},"details":{"agency_types":["prosecutor"],"activity":["trafficking"],"setting":["street"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.arrested":[1,2]},"tags":["ituri","mambasa","hemp","nscc"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["The weight of one and a half sacks of hemp was not given in kilograms.","The named FARDC lieutenant of the 31st brigade is an allegation from the Nouvelle Société Civile Congolaise; no judicial or military source confirmed it in these reports.","Neither outlet published the young suspect’s name or any charge sheet from the parquet.","Direct photo URLs on the news sites could not be retrieved for archiving when tested."],"sources":[{"title":"RD Congo : à Mambasa en Ituri, un jeune arrêté avec un sac et demi de chanvre, un militaire suspecté d’être impliqué","url":"https://www.rfe1news.cd/rd-congo-a-mambasa-un-jeune-arrete-avec-un-sac-et-demi-de-chanvre-un-militaire-suspecte-detre-implique/","publisher":"RFE1 News","date":"2026-10-15","archived":null},{"title":"Ituri : du chanvre saisi à Mambasa, un officier militaire soupçonné d’être impliqué dans le trafic","url":"https://buniaactualite.cd/ituri-du-chanvre-saisi-a-mambasa-un-officier-militaire-soupconne-detre-implique-dans-le-trafic/","publisher":"Bunia Actualité","date":"2026-10-16","archived":null}]},{"id":"biakato-chanvre-public-burn","code":"CET-AFYX3Q","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/biakato-chanvre-public-burn/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/AFYX3Q/","date":"2026-10-07","added_at":"2026-10-30T20:41:59.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"cd","country_name":"DR Congo","place":"Biakato, Mambasa territory, Ituri","coordinates":[1.733,30.233],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["eradication"],"title":"At least five sacks of hemp burned publicly at Biakato stadium","summary":"Security services incinerated at least five sacks of hemp seized from shops in Biakato, along with high-strength alcohol and expired goods, at a public ceremony at the local stadium on 7 October 2026; no sellers were named or arrested in the reports.","status":"verified","figures":{},"details":{"setting":["home"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.setting":[1,2]},"tags":["ituri","biakato","hemp","public-destruction"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["Neither outlet gave the hemp weight in kilograms, only at least five sacks taken from several shops.","Alcohol and expired consumer goods were destroyed in the same ceremony; those items are not counted here.","No arrests or formal charges against traders were reported in these accounts.","Later ACP reporting linked a similar Biakato destruction to Ebola messaging with four sacks of hemp; whether that refers to the same operation is unclear from the October 7 articles alone."],"sources":[{"title":"Mambasa : Chanvre, boissons alcoolisées et produits expirés incinérés publiquement à Biakato","url":"https://depeche.cd/2026/10/07/mambasa-chanvre-boissons-alcoolisees-et-produits-expires-incineres-publiquement-a-biakato/","publisher":"Dépêche.cd","date":"2026-10-07","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261008040021/https://depeche.cd/2026/10/07/mambasa-chanvre-boissons-alcoolisees-et-produits-expires-incineres-publiquement-a-biakato/"},{"title":"Mambasa : une importante quantité de chanvre et de boissons prohibées incinérée publiquement à Biakato","url":"https://lebastion.cd/mambasa-une-importante-quantite-de-chanvre-et-de-boissons-prohibees-incineree-publiquement-a-biakato/","publisher":"Le Bastion.cd","date":"2026-10-08","archived":null}]},{"id":"mwene-ditu-sncc-17-colis","code":"CET-PV05HG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mwene-ditu-sncc-17-colis/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PV05HG/","date":"2026-09-04","added_at":"2026-10-30T19:23:54.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"cd","country_name":"DR Congo","place":"SNCC railway station, Mwene-Ditu, Lomami","coordinates":[-7.016,23.452],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Seventeen cannabis packages seized at Mwene-Ditu railway station","summary":"Security services intercepted 17 packages of cannabis at the SNCC freight yard in Mwene-Ditu on 4 September 2026 as they were about to leave by train toward Katanga. Mayor Gérard Tshibanda Kabwe watched them burned at city hall alongside urban security council members and SNCC officials.","status":"verified","figures":{},"details":{"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2]},"tags":["sncc","lomami","incineration"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://7sur7.cd/2026/09/05/mwene-ditu-une-cargaison-de-17-colis-de-chanvre-saisie-la-gare-de-la-sncc","media_url":"https://7sur7.cd/sites/default/files/styles/article_2022/public/2026-09/8cfd22d5-cfa5-44d8-b816-491122217c3d.jpeg.jpg?itok=meeg3Enq","publisher":"7sur7.cd","caption":"Cannabis packages before incineration at Mwene-Ditu city hall, shown with 7sur7 coverage of the SNCC seizure."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5-fast","open_questions":["Neither report gave the weight of the 17 packages or named anyone arrested.","The sources do not say when the cargo was first detected inside the SNCC yard.","Express Medias did not publish a separate photograph of the packages.","7sur7 published on 5 September 2026; both accounts date the incineration to Friday 4 September."],"sources":[{"title":"Mwene-Ditu : une cargaison de 17 colis de chanvre saisie à la gare de la SNCC","url":"https://7sur7.cd/2026/09/05/mwene-ditu-une-cargaison-de-17-colis-de-chanvre-saisie-la-gare-de-la-sncc","publisher":"7sur7.cd","date":"2026-09-05","archived":null},{"title":"Mwene-Ditu : 17 colis de chanvre incinérés","url":"https://expressmedias.net/actualite/Mwene-Ditu--17-colis-de-chanvre-incineres","publisher":"Express Medias","date":"2026-09-05","archived":null}]},{"id":"kinshasa-mitendi-56-sacks-seizure","code":"CET-0Y357B","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kinshasa-mitendi-56-sacks-seizure/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0Y357B/","date":"2025-12-16","added_at":"2026-10-30T20:36:29.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:31:22.000Z","country":"cd","country_name":"DR Congo","place":"Mitendi, Kinshasa","coordinates":[-4.78,15.25],"precision":"district","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"56 sacks of cannabis found in a container at Mitendi","summary":"On 16 December 2025 Kinshasa’s judicial police narcotics unit seized 56 sacks of cannabis hidden in a container during checks at Mitendi, west of the capital, and arrested suppliers with more sacks and kraft paper used for retail packs.","status":"verified","figures":{},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["trafficking"],"setting":["port"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.date_precision":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1]},"tags":["kinshasa","mitendi","ndobo"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["The ACP report relied on an anonymous senior judicial police officer and did not name those arrested or give sack weights.","The same article said suppliers were also caught with sacks and kraft paper at Mitendi during Operation Ndobo but gave no total headcount.","No second independent outlet opened for this specific Mitendi seizure was found."],"sources":[{"title":"Kinshasa 56 sacs de chanvre saisis par la direction de stupéfiants","url":"https://acp.cd/affaire-judiciare-et-droits-humains/kinshasa-56-sacs-de-chanvre-saisis-par-la-direction-de-stupefiants/","publisher":"Agence Congolaise de Presse","date":"2025-12-16","archived":null}]},{"id":"matadi-ndobo-10-sacks-arrests","code":"CET-TD0VW6","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/matadi-ndobo-10-sacks-arrests/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TD0VW6/","date":"2025-03-14","added_at":"2026-10-30T20:36:29.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"cd","country_name":"DR Congo","place":"Matadi, Kongo Central","coordinates":[-5.816,13.437],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Two cannabis suppliers arrested with 10 sacks in Matadi","summary":"On 14 March 2025 police in Matadi arrested Mavambu Kitsofi, alias Muke Tonga, and FARDC adjutant Barumé Moïse during Operation Ndobo, seizing 10 sacks of cannabis and kraft paper rolls used for retail packaging.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2},"details":{"agency_types":["military","police"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2],"figures.arrested":[1,2]},"tags":["matadi","ndobo","operation"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["Radio Okapi said each suspect had five sacks, totalling 10; Okapinews described about eight sacks for the pair and spelled the civilian’s alias Moke Tonga and the soldier Bahume Moïse.","Neither report gave the weight per sack or a court outcome.","Provincial commissioner Israël Kantu Bakulu said both men were repeat offenders but did not detail earlier cases."],"sources":[{"title":"10 sacs de chanvre saisis et leurs fournisseurs arrêtés par la police à Matadi","url":"https://www.radiookapi.net/2025/03/17/actualite/societe/10-sacs-de-chanvre-saisis-et-leurs-fournisseurs-arretes-par-la-police","publisher":"Radio Okapi","date":"2025-03-17","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260415201112/https://www.radiookapi.net/2025/03/17/actualite/societe/10-sacs-de-chanvre-saisis-et-leurs-fournisseurs-arretes-par-la-police"},{"title":"Kongo Central la ville de Matadi à l'heure de l'opération Ndobo","url":"https://okapinews.net/une/kongo-central-la-ville-de-matadi-a-lheure-de-loperation-ndobo/","publisher":"Okapinews","date":"2025-03-18","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260516180552/https://okapinews.net/une/kongo-central-la-ville-de-matadi-a-lheure-de-loperation-ndobo/"}]},{"id":"kinshasa-ndjili-airport-2985kg-cannabis-export","code":"CET-RH0KEB","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kinshasa-ndjili-airport-2985kg-cannabis-export/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/RH0KEB/","date":"2021-06-11","added_at":"2026-11-08T17:52:27.831852Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"cd","country_name":"DR Congo","place":"N'djili international airport, Kinshasa","coordinates":[-4.3858,15.4446],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"DGDA seizes 2,985 kg of cannabis bound for Macedonia at Kinshasa airport","summary":"Customs officers at N'djili airport in Kinshasa seized 476 cartons holding 2,985 kilograms of cannabis biomass that was about to be exported without a declaration. The DGDA named Instadose Pharma DRC SARL as exporter and said the firm had medical cannabis licences but no export authorisation.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":2985,"value":{"amount":17000,"currency":"USD"}},"details":{"agencies":["Direction générale des douanes et accises (DGDA)"],"agency_types":["customs"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":2985}],"activity":["smuggling"],"setting":["airport"],"charges":["customs offence (exporting narcotics without an export authorisation)"],"case_stage":"investigation","force":["physical"],"date_precision":"exact","region":"Kinshasa","route":{"from":["cd"],"to":["mk"],"crossing":"N'djili international airport, Kinshasa"}},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.charges":[1],"details.force":[3],"details.products":[1],"details.route":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1],"figures.value":[3]},"tags":["kinshasa","ndjili-airport","dgda","export","instadose"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://zoom-eco.net/developpement/rdc-la-dgda-kin-aero-saisit-476-cartons-de-cannabis-en-instance-dexportation/","media_url":"https://zoom-eco.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/D8BD48C8-ADA9-4815-A393-02925017F6A3.jpeg","publisher":"Zoom Eco","caption":"Photograph published inside the Zoom Eco article on the DGDA Kin-Aéro seizure of 476 cartons of cannabis biomass at N'djili airport; the page gives no caption or credit naming what it shows. Photo: Zoom Eco"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The DGDA report describes a single cargo of 169 packages weighing 21,832 kilograms, but the accounts give the seized lot as 28 packages of 2,985 kilograms; only the 2,985 kilograms found at the airport is recorded as seized here.","The sources give no price attribution for the 17,000 US dollars per kilogram figure, so the value entry is per kilogram rather than a total.","The airport is described as N'djili by the sources; it is now known as Kinshasa N'djili international airport.","No arrest, charge or court outcome is reported for Instadose Pharma DRC SARL or its officials; only a customs offence report is mentioned.","The sources date the seizure to 11 June 2021, while AfricaNews RDC places the interception in the night of Thursday 10 to Friday 11 June 2021.","An AfricaNews RDC sentence appears to say the brigade forced the disputed cargo aboard an Ethiopian flight during a two-hour struggle, which conflicts with the seizure account; this detail is not used.","The route by which the cannabis biomass reached N'djili before the Macedonia-bound flight is not reported.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in AfricaNews RDC: AfricaNews RDC reported that an unidentified group attacked the Bolloré warehouse where the seized goods were stored, and that officers kept control of the cargo."],"sources":[{"title":"RDC: la DGDA Kin Aéro saisit 476 cartons de cannabis en instance d’exportation","url":"https://zoom-eco.net/developpement/rdc-la-dgda-kin-aero-saisit-476-cartons-de-cannabis-en-instance-dexportation/","publisher":"Zoom Eco","date":"2021-06-17","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210617122422id_/https://zoom-eco.net/developpement/rdc-la-dgda-kin-aero-saisit-476-cartons-de-cannabis-en-instance-dexportation/"},{"title":"DGDA : 21.832 kg de cannabis à destination de Macédoine saisis à l’aéroport de N’djili !","url":"https://congoprofond.net/dgda-21-832-kg-de-cannabis-a-destination-de-macedoine-saisis-a-laeroport-de-ndjili/","publisher":"Congo Profond / Le Phare","date":"2021-06-17","archived":null},{"title":"RDC : La DGDA intercepte 21.832kg de cannabis biomasse","url":"https://www.africanewsrdc.net/featured/rdc-la-dgda-intercepte-21-832kg-de-cannabis-biomasse/","publisher":"AfricaNews RDC","date":"2021-06-18","archived":null}]},{"id":"kinshasa-usalama-5-2-tonnes-cannabis","code":"CET-VNGYNZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kinshasa-usalama-5-2-tonnes-cannabis/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/VNGYNZ/","date":"2018-10-24","added_at":"2026-11-05T07:36:19.04138Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"cd","country_name":"DR Congo","place":"Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo","coordinates":[-4.325,15.322],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Congolese police seize more than 2 tonnes of cannabis in Usalama 5","summary":"Congo's national police announced the seizure of more than 2 tonnes of cannabis during Usalama 5, a joint regional operation against cross-border crime launched on 27 September 2018. The results were presented to the press in Kinshasa on 24 October, and the police gave no breakdown by province or arrests for the cannabis alone.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":2000},"details":{"agency_types":["police","prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":2000}],"setting":["home"],"date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.agency_types":[1],"details.date_precision":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1]},"tags":["kinshasa","usalama","eapcco","interpol"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The police gave only \"more than 2 tonnes\" without an exact weight or a laboratory figure, so 2,000 kg is recorded as the stated minimum.","No arrests, charges, plant counts, field area or value were reported for the cannabis component; the article names no one detained over the seizure.","The results were announced on 24 October 2018 for an operation launched on 27 September 2018, and the article does not say on which day the cannabis was seized or where in the twelve covered provinces.","Only one opened account of the press conference was found; no separate police statement or second outlet report of the same result could be opened.","The article does not say whether the cannabis was dried plant material, resin or another product.","The same press conference reported an unrelated vehicle theft case and Sim Box equipment, which are left out of this report."],"sources":[{"title":"Opération « Usalama 5 » : la police dit avoir saisi plus de 2 tonnes de cannabis","url":"https://www.radiookapi.net/2018/10/25/actualite/securite/operation-usalama-5-la-police-dit-avoir-saisi-plus-de-2-tonnes-de","publisher":"Radio Okapi","date":"2018-10-25","archived":null}]}]}