Four held as gendarmerie seize 45 kg of cannabis in Adjamé and Cocody dens
Côte d’Ivoire’s anti-drug gendarmerie arrested four people in raids on smoking dens at Adjamé Abadjame, Adjamé village and Cocody Washington in Abidjan on 13 January 2021. Officers seized 45 kg of cannabis in 56 blocks, 1,043 balls and four slabs, and said the four would be taken before the courts.
🇨🇮 Adjamé Abadjame, Adjamé village and Cocody Washington, Abidjan · Côte d'Ivoire
Ivorian gendarmerie officers arrested four people on Wednesday 13 January 2021
during raids on drug-smoking dens in Adjamé Abadjame, Adjamé village and Cocody
Washington in Abidjan.[1]The operation was run by the anti-drug section of
the National Gendarmerie in the context of its fight against drug trafficking.[1]
The officers seized 56 blocks of cannabis, 1,043 cannabis balls and four
cannabis slabs, weighing 45 kg in total.[1]
The same searches found 68 diazepam tablets, 19 tramadol tablets and six
Rivotril tablets on the people arrested.[1]Officers also took 114,085 CFA
francs in cash from the suspects.[1]
The gendarmerie said the four detained people would be brought before the
competent courts to answer for their actions.[1]
Photos and video
Photo carried with the gendarmerie statement on the 13 January 2021 raids at Adjamé and Cocody, captioned only with the headline of the 45 kg seizure.Photo details
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