Two held in Aden's Khormaksar with 10.5 kg of hashish
Anti-narcotics police in Aden detained two people in Khormaksar district and seized nine bags of hashish weighing 10.5 kg, saying the bags were packed for distribution. The department's director said the file would go to prosecutors and then to a criminal court, where he said the pair face 25 years in prison.
Aden’s anti-narcotics police detained two people in Khormaksar district with
nine bags of hashish weighing 10.5 kg in total.[1][2][3][4]It said the nine bags had
been prepared for distribution.[5]
Colonel Mayas Haidara al-Jaadani, director of the anti-narcotics department at
Aden police, said the two would be referred to the security and investigation
prosecution once seizure reports and interrogations were complete.[1]He said
the case would then go to the criminal court, which he said should give the pair
a 25-year prison sentence.[1]He said the size of the seizure pointed to
organised smuggling, promotion and distribution in Aden.[1]
Aden Al-Ghad reported wide public praise for the department and its director
after the seizure.[6][7][8][4]It reported that citizens and activists thanked the
force for pursuing people involved in drug trafficking and for countering
attempts to promote and circulate drugs.[6][7][8][9][10]They said drug control was a
shared responsibility and called for continued security campaigns and closer
monitoring to catch those involved and bring them to justice.[6][10]They also
urged support for the anti-narcotics officers’ field work, saying it protects
society and its security.[6]
Photos and video
A police colonel seated behind nine bags of hashish laid out on a table, published with the report on the Khormaksar seizure. Photo: Aden Al-GhadPhoto details
الخلاصة نتkhlaasa.netARإشادة مجتمعية واسعة في عدن بجهود المقدم مياس الجعدني عقب ضبط شخصين بحوزتهما 10.5 كيلوغرامات من الحشيش
العين الثالثة3rd-eye.netARضبط متهمين بحيازة 10.5 كيلوغرامات من الحشيش في خورمكسر وإحالة القضية للنيابة
عدن الغدadngad.netARإشادة مجتمعية واسعة في عدن بجهود المقدم مياس الجعدني عقب ضبط شخصين بحوزتهما 10.5 كيلوغرامات من الحشيش
عدن الغدadngad.netARإشادة مجتمعية واسعة بجهود مكافحة المخدرات في عدن عقب ضبط 10.5 كيلوغرام من الحشيش
عدن الغدadngad.netARإشادة مجتمعية واسعة بجهود مكافحة المخدرات في عدن عقب ضبط عشرة كيلو ونص من الحشيش
منبر عدنmanbaraden.comARإشادة مجتمعية واسعة بجهود مكافحة المخدرات في عدن عقب ضبط 10.5 كيلوغرام من الحشيش
منبر عدنmanbaraden.comARإشادة مجتمعية واسعة بجهود مكافحة المخدرات في عدن عقب ضبط 10.5 كيلوغرام من الحشيش
Open questions the AI reported
The exact day of the detention is not stated; 26 October 2026 is the date the police account was published, and Aden Al-Ghad reported the praise on 31 October.
The two detained people are not named, and their ages and nationalities are not given.
No charge, court date or sentence has been reported; the 25 years is the penalty the anti-narcotics director said the criminal court should impose.
Sada Al-Sahel and 3rd Eye carry the same police statement, and Yemen News Now republished the 3rd Eye text, so the accounts are not independent.
Only the Aden Al-Ghad picture could be checked, so other images published with the police statement are not listed.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in العين الثالثة: The force said the arrests followed close surveillance and field investigation.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in صدى الساحل: Aden's anti-narcotics department announced the seizure on Monday 26 October 2026.
Aden Al-Ghad published two versions of the praise story on 31 October 2026 (news/894060 and news/894072), so the two Aden Al-Ghad URLs are not independent corroboration.
Aden Al-Ghad has published a third version of the 31 October praise story at news/894087, so the outlet's versions are not independent corroboration.
Manbar Aden's page is a verbatim reprint of the Aden Al-Ghad story already cited in the report, so it adds no independent corroboration.
The Manbar Aden page shows no publication date in its text; 1 November 2026 is taken from its page metadata.
Sama Al-Watan's 26 October report carries the same police account and is not independent corroboration.
The photograph on the Manbar Aden page appears to be the same police handout of the colonel and nine bags already listed from Aden Al-Ghad, so it was not added again.
Manbar Aden's page is a verbatim copy of Aden Al-Ghad's 31 October 2026 story already cited in the report and duplicates the AMP version also cited there, so it adds no independent corroboration.
The report dates its Manbar Aden (AMP) source 1 November 2026 from page metadata, while this page gives Saturday 31 October 2026, 4:39 pm.
Manbar Aden marks the story 'خاص' (its own) although the text matches Aden Al-Ghad's report.
The Khlaasa page names only Aden and does not mention Khormaksar district or the nine bags, so those details continue to rely on the earlier-cited police accounts.
The interior ministry's drug-control administration reported about 1.3 tonnes of drugs seized in government-controlled areas in the first half of 2026: 613.7 kg of hashish, 617.6 kg of methamphetamine, 100 kg of heroin, 4 kg of opium, more than a million Captagon pills and 41,768 other pills.
Yemen's General Department for Combating Drugs reported 734 suspects detained in 484 drug cases in the first half of 2026, including 613.7 kg of hashish and one case of cultivating drug plants. The figures cover only governorates under the internationally recognised government, and most of the seized weight was methamphetamine and other drugs.
The drug control administration of the interior ministry of Yemen's internationally recognised government reported 2,986 kg of hashish seized in 2025 in the governorates it controls, beside 1,530 kg of crystal methamphetamine, 169 kg of heroin and 482,596 Captagon pills. It counted 704 drug cases, 488 of them for use, and 1,260 suspects, of whom 827 were users.
Security forces in Marib stopped a truck carrying 190 kg of hashish at a checkpoint and said it was being smuggled into Houthi-controlled territory. The head of Marib's drug-control department, Abdul Razzaq al-Ruwaifi, said the shipment and the accused were handed to the prosecution. The seizure was announced by the official Saba news agency and reported by Yemen Monitor.
