<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Angola: Cannabis Enforcement Tracker</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/ao/</link><description>New reports of cannabis enforcement in Angola.</description><language>en</language><item><title>Luanda police seize 169 kg of liamba in three-day sweep</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/luanda-169kg-liamba-three-day-operation/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/luanda-169kg-liamba-three-day-operation/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Angola, 2026-11-08. 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.</description></item><item><title>Police arrest woman with 125 kg of liamba at Rio Loge checkpoint</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/angola-rio-loge-125kg-liamba/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/angola-rio-loge-125kg-liamba/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Angola, 2026-09-12. 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.</description></item><item><title>Angola's SIC destroys a 15-hectare liamba field and seizes about 10 tonnes</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/angola-malanje-xandel-15-hectares-liamba/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/angola-malanje-xandel-15-hectares-liamba/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Angola, 2026-06-16. 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.</description></item><item><title>SIC seizes 3.5 tonnes of liamba and arrests three in Malanje</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/angola-malanje-3547kg-liamba/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/angola-malanje-3547kg-liamba/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Angola, 2026-02-15. 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.</description></item><item><title>Three detained as buried liamba seized in Catumbela yard</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/catumbela-vimbalambi-liamba-seizure/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/catumbela-vimbalambi-liamba-seizure/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Angola, 2026-02-12. 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.</description></item><item><title>Lawyer charged over two liamba wraps in Lubango prison</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/lubango-lawyer-liamba-prison/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/lubango-lawyer-liamba-prison/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Prosecution</category><description>Angola, 2025-10-15. 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.</description></item><item><title>SIC burns 50,000 kg of liamba seized across Angola in 2022</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/angola-sic-50-tonnes-liamba-burn-2022/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/angola-sic-50-tonnes-liamba-burn-2022/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Angola, 2022-11-24. 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.</description></item><item><title>Over 1 tonne of liamba seized in Kiwaba-Nzoji; 2 held</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kiwaba-nzoji-1300kg-liamba-seizure/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kiwaba-nzoji-1300kg-liamba-seizure/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Angola, 2020-07-13. 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.</description></item><item><title>320 kg of liamba and 191 plants incinerated in Menongue</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/menongue-320kg-liamba-incineration-2016/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/menongue-320kg-liamba-incineration-2016/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Angola, 2016-06-26. 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.</description></item><item><title>42 kg of liamba seized and 52 plants destroyed in Bié</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bie-42kg-liamba-seizure-2015/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bie-42kg-liamba-seizure-2015/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Angola, 2015-12-27. 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.</description></item><item><title>123 held as Namibe seizes 257 kg liamba, July 2010-June 2011</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/namibe-257kg-liamba-123-detained-2011/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/namibe-257kg-liamba-123-detained-2011/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Angola, 2011-06-26. 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.</description></item></channel></rss>