🇦🇴 Angola
RSS11 reports of cannabis enforcement.
- People arrested
- 134
- Plants destroyed
- 243
- Hectares destroyed
- 15
- Cannabis seized
- 65.7605 t
Only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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- Eradication · 1
- Seizure · 8
- Arrest · 1
- Prosecution · 1
Reports
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Luanda police seize 169 kg of liamba in three-day sweep
Angola's National Police seized 169 kilograms of cannabis sativa, known as liamba, during crime-prevention operations across Luanda province from 6 to 8 November 2026. Officers also took two firearms, an AKM magazine with ammunition and a machete, and no arrests were reported.
Cannabis 169 kg
Police arrest woman with 125 kg of liamba at Rio Loge checkpoint
Angola's National Police arrested a 43-year-old woman at the Rio Loge Grande inspection post in Zaire province after finding 125 kg of cannabis, known locally as liamba, hidden in sacks of cassava flour during a routine check. Investigators are tracing where the drug came from and where it was going.
Arrested 1Cannabis 125 kg
Angola's SIC destroys a 15-hectare liamba field and seizes about 10 tonnes
Angola's Criminal Investigation Service deactivated a 15-hectare cannabis field in the municipalities of Xandel and Cambundi Catembo, Malanje, on 16 June 2026 and seized about 10 tonnes of liamba. It detained a 50-year-old man it described as the field's owner and grower.
Arrested 1Area 15 haCannabis 10 t
SIC seizes 3.5 tonnes of liamba and arrests three in Malanje
Angola's Criminal Investigation Service stopped three men with 3,547.5 kg of liamba in 176 sacks near Mulondo, Cambundi Catembo, on 15 February 2026. The drug was bound for Luanda; the SIC estimated the load could sell for more than 14 million kwanzas.
Arrested 3Cannabis 3.5475 tThree detained as buried liamba seized in Catumbela yard
Angola's Criminal Investigation Service detained three people in Bairro Vimbalambi, Catumbela, after finding liamba buried in a residence's yard on 12 February 2026. The SIC described the three, aged 34 to 48, as the alleged owners of the drug and said inquiries into other sales and storage points were continuing.
Arrested 3
20251 report
Lawyer charged over two liamba wraps in Lubango prison
Prison officers in Lubango detained lawyer Anselmo Sacanje after two inmates were found with two wraps of liamba and two cigarette packs following his legal visit. He was handed to the criminal investigation service, made a formal suspect by prosecutors and released on bail.
Arrested 1Charged 1
20221 report
SIC burns 50,000 kg of liamba seized across Angola in 2022
Angola's Criminal Investigation Service burned 50,000 kg of liamba and more than 210 kg of cocaine seized in 2022 operations during coordinated incinerations in the week of 24 November 2022. The Bengo leg alone accounted for more than 33,000 kg of liamba, with smaller cannabis burns recorded in Namibe, Cunene and Huíla.
Cannabis 50 t
20201 report
Over 1 tonne of liamba seized in Kiwaba-Nzoji; 2 held
Police in Kiwaba-Nzoji, Malanje, seized about 1,300 kg of liamba concealed in cassava-flour sacks in a truck bound for Luanda and detained two people. The SIC took custody of the suspects and was preparing the criminal case for court.
Arrested 2Cannabis 1.3 t
20161 report
320 kg of liamba and 191 plants incinerated in Menongue
Provincial investigators in Menongue incinerated 320 kilos of seized liamba and 191 liamba plants on 26 June 2016. Police describe Cuando Cubango as a trafficking corridor toward Namibia and report 72 drug-trafficking arrests in the prior year.
Plants destroyed 191Cannabis 320 kg
20151 report
42 kg of liamba seized and 52 plants destroyed in Bié
Police in Bié province seized 42 kg of liamba and destroyed 52 liamba plants in a week of anti-drug operations. Police spokesman António Hossi reported the results to Angop alongside separate non-cannabis seizures.
Plants destroyed 52Cannabis 42 kg
20111 report
123 held as Namibe seizes 257 kg liamba, July 2010-June 2011
Namibe criminal-investigation police reported 123 detentions in 91 drug cases from July 2010 to June 2011, seizing 257 kg of liamba. Officers destroyed the cannabis with 206 grams of crack and sent 80 cases to prosecutors, with six women among those held.
Arrested 123Cannabis 257 kg
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