Man, 44, arrested with 7 kg of OG Kush cannabis in Adjamé room
GRAD Spécial officers arrested a 44-year-old man in his room at Adjamé-Paillet, near the Amber crossroads in Abidjan, on 7 October 2026 and seized 7 kg of OG Kush cannabis packed in seven balloons. Police said the drug was meant for sale, and an investigation is seeking its origin and any accomplices.
Officers of the GRAD Spécial, the special anti-drug squad of Côte d’Ivoire’s
drug police (DPSD), arrested a 44-year-old man at a home in the Paillet quarter
of Adjamé, near the Amber crossroads in Abidjan, on Wednesday 7 October 2026.[1]The squad acted on an anonymous tip that drugs were being kept in a home in
the quarter.[1]A team reached the address at 13:32, entered the courtyard and
found the flat concerned.[2]
The search of the suspect’s room found OG Kush cannabis packed in seven
balloons.[1]The total weight of the seized drug was given as 7 kilograms.[2]The suspect was identified only by the initials S. S.[1]He is an Ivorian
national with no declared employment.[2]
The arrest fell within the police operations against drug trafficking in Côte
d’Ivoire.[1]
Photos and video
The seizure photographed by Ivorian police on 12 October 2026, in the room searched at Adjamé-Paillet. Photo: Ivorian police, rights reservedPhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
7 kg
Agency type
Police, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (7 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
YOP L-FRIIyop.l-frii.comFRCôte d’Ivoire : 7 kg de cannabis OG-Kush découverts dans une chambre à Adjamé
Lavenir.cilavenir.ciFRTrafic de drogue : Adjamé Paillet, 7 kilos de cannabis OG-Kush retrouvés dans sa chambre par le Grad Spécial
Open questions the AI reported
The reports give no date for any charge, court appearance or outcome; at the time of publication the man was held under investigation and presumed innocent.
No street value in francs CFA was published for the 7 kilograms.
The reports say the cannabis was OG Kush, a variety name, but give no detail on how it was identified.
The three accounts repeat the police's version; no separate press statement from the DPSD or GRAD was opened.
The suspect is named only by the initials S. S.
Adjamé's coordinates are the commune centre, not the exact house near the Amber crossroads.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Ivoirematin.com: Police said the cannabis was intended for sale.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in YOP L-FRII: An investigation was opened to establish where the cannabis came from, where it was going and whether others were involved in the suspected distribution network.
Anti-drug officers from Guiglo arrested a cannabis grower in Méo village, in Toulépleu department in western Côte d'Ivoire. They seized five blocks of cannabis that together weighed five kilograms.
Police in Bonon's Frakro quarter arrested two men, aged 30 and 43, at about 8.30 pm on 3 October 2026 and found two blocks of cannabis, one man carrying it from Bouaflé in a rice sack. Officers took 48,000 and 224,500 francs CFA from the two and held them at Bonon police station.
Police in Anyama, Abidjan, arrested two young people aged 19 and 16 at the commune's cattle market at dawn on 23 August 2026 and found several cannabis balls and suspected counterfeit medicines on them. They were taken to the station and presented to the prosecutor at the Abobo court of first instance the next morning, during the Vacances sécurisées 11 security drive.
Police arrested two men aged 26 and 39 at the Assouindé checkpoint on 11 August 2026 after finding ten ballons of OD Kush cannabis in their Yango vehicle. The Aboisso DPSD drug-police unit made the seizure during a routine check under Operation Vacances Sécurisées XI.
