Addis Ababa police arrest a man over 16 home cannabis plants
Addis Ababa police arrested Nahom Aynalem in Akaki-Kality on 4 November 2026 after a tip-off led officers to 16 cannabis plants hidden among backyard vegetables in growing containers.
Addis Ababa police arrested a man for growing cannabis at his home in the city’s Akaki-Kality
district after officers found 16 plants hidden among what looked like backyard vegetables.[1]
The suspect, named as Nahom Aynalem, was taken in the 5,000 Houses neighbourhood of Woreda 5
after residents tipped off the Addis Ababa Police Commission.[1]Meried Debele, deputy
commander and head of special crimes investigation at the Akaki-Kality police division, said
officers searched the property on that tip and found the plants in 16 growing containers.[1]
Police said a body search while he was being taken into custody found him trying to hide an
unspecified item in a sock.[1]He was detained while the investigation continued.[1]The
commission urged residents to report suspected crime in their neighbourhoods.[1]
Case data
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Central Gondar Zone police seized 46 quintals of cannabis hidden under corn and cattle fodder in a truck heading for Humera. Three people including the driver and his aide were arrested after the driver tried to evade a checkpoint.
Customs officials seized 474 kg of cannabis hidden under food and edible oil in a freight truck near Humera, four kilometres from the Sudanese border. The driver and his assistant fled before the seizure and police were hunting them.
Ethiopian customs officers seized 33 quintals (3,300 kg) of cannabis at the Tulu Dimtu checkpoint outside Addis Ababa on 13 May 2019, detaining the truck driver for investigation.