<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>DR Congo: Cannabis Enforcement Tracker</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/cd/</link><description>New reports of cannabis enforcement in DR Congo.</description><language>en</language><item><title>Young man held with one and a half sacks of hemp at Mambasa-centre</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mambasa-centre-chanvre-arrest/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mambasa-centre-chanvre-arrest/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>DR Congo, 2026-10-15. 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.</description></item><item><title>At least five sacks of hemp burned publicly at Biakato stadium</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/biakato-chanvre-public-burn/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/biakato-chanvre-public-burn/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>DR Congo, 2026-10-07. 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.</description></item><item><title>Seventeen cannabis packages seized at Mwene-Ditu railway station</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mwene-ditu-sncc-17-colis/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mwene-ditu-sncc-17-colis/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>DR Congo, 2026-09-04. 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.</description></item><item><title>56 sacks of cannabis found in a container at Mitendi</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kinshasa-mitendi-56-sacks-seizure/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kinshasa-mitendi-56-sacks-seizure/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>DR Congo, 2025-12-16. 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.</description></item><item><title>Two cannabis suppliers arrested with 10 sacks in Matadi</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/matadi-ndobo-10-sacks-arrests/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/matadi-ndobo-10-sacks-arrests/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>DR Congo, 2025-03-14. 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.</description></item><item><title>DGDA seizes 2,985 kg of cannabis bound for Macedonia at Kinshasa airport</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kinshasa-ndjili-airport-2985kg-cannabis-export/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kinshasa-ndjili-airport-2985kg-cannabis-export/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>DR Congo, 2021-06-11. 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.</description></item><item><title>Congolese police seize more than 2 tonnes of cannabis in Usalama 5</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kinshasa-usalama-5-2-tonnes-cannabis/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kinshasa-usalama-5-2-tonnes-cannabis/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>DR Congo, 2018-10-24. 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.</description></item></channel></rss>