One tonne of cannabis seized in Madagascar's Analabe forest
Antsohihy gendarmes and Madagascar National Parks agents seized about a tonne of cannabis packed in 42 woven sacks in the Analabe forest, where patrols also found thousands of growing plants. The traffickers fled, and the seized zamal was due to be destroyed in the following days.
🇲🇬 Analabe forest between Tsaratanàna and Mangidrano, Ambanja district · Madagascar
Gendarmes from the Antsohihy territorial company, working with Madagascar
National Parks agents, seized one tonne of cannabis.[1]L’Express de
Madagascar put the haul at nearly one tonne.[2]L’Express de Madagascar
reported that the cannabis was concealed in 42 woven polyethylene sacks.[2]
The operation took place at the end of the week.[2]The deployment took place
at night.[2]Caught by surprise, the traffickers fled and abandoned their
cargo at the site.[2]
On inspection, the gendarmes also found that the traffickers had used the
forest’s natural shelter to plant thousands of cannabis plants.[1]The
cannabis was grown deep in the forest, in nearly impassable and
difficult-to-reach areas, and the loads were carried on men’s backs through
paths hidden in the woods and at passage points.[2]The seized tonne, called
“zamal,” was expected to be destroyed in the following days.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The exact operation date is not given; the accounts place it at the end of the week before publication, so 28 August 2022 is used as an approximate date.
La 1ère reports one tonne, while L'Express de Madagascar says nearly one tonne; 1,000 kg is therefore an approximate figure.
The plantation was described as thousands of plants, without an exact count or area, and the sources do not report that the plants were seized or destroyed.
The traffickers fled; no arrests, later charges or court outcome are reported.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in L'Express de Madagascar: The Antsohihy company entered the dense Analabe forest between Tsaratanàna and Mangidrano, following the tracks of traffickers and cannabis growers in a protected area.
Madagascar's national gendarmerie seized 371 kg of cannabis in Antsirabe and arrested three men, it announced on 17 February 2026. The gendarmerie said reports from residents led officers to bags holding the drug.
The Sofia gendarmerie reported 1,440 kg of cannabis in 114 sacks seized around Antsohihy over six months, with 10 arrests. The stock was burned on 8 December, and another 400 kg was seized the same afternoon.
Madagascar's gendarmerie seized an estimated 250 kg of cannabis at Antakalanabe during a night patrol; the suspected traffickers fled and no arrest was reported. The load was taken to the local gendarmerie post for destruction under a judicial decision, while officials said the trafficking routes remained under surveillance.
Gendarmes on night patrol at Ambodimanary, near Antsohihy, seized twelve sacks holding nearly 200 kg of cannabis after the carriers fled into the dark. No arrests were made, and the sealed load was stored at the Antsohihy brigade pending court-ordered incineration.
