Angola's SIC destroys a 15-hectare liamba field and seizes about 10 tonnes
Angola's Criminal Investigation Service deactivated a 15-hectare cannabis field in the municipalities of Xandel and Cambundi Catembo, Malanje, on 16 June 2026 and seized about 10 tonnes of liamba. It detained a 50-year-old man it described as the field's owner and grower.
🇦🇴 Seca and Bamba neighbourhoods, Xandel and Cambundi Catembo, Malanje · Angola
Angola’s Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) deactivated a 15-hectare cannabis field in Malanje province and seized about 10 tonnes of liamba, as cannabis is known in Angola, on 16 June 2026.[1][2]The operation took place in the Seca and Bamba neighbourhoods of the Xandel and Cambundi Catembo municipalities.[2]
The SIC detained a 50-year-old Angolan man it described as the field’s owner and the person responsible for growing the drug.[1][2]Na Mira do Crime named him as Fernando João Ndala and described him as one of the largest cannabis growers in Malanje.[2]The service said he would be presented to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.[1][2]
O País placed the operation in Cangandala rather than Xandel municipality.[1]Both accounts say the field covered 15 hectares and that about ten tonnes of cannabis were seized.[1][2]
The reports gave no value for the crop.[1][2]No charge or court date was reported.[1][2]
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The liamba field deactivated in Malanje, in a photograph published with O País's report.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Area
15 ha
Cannabis
10 t
Agency type
Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (10 t)
Setting
Field
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Jornal O Paísopais.aoPTSIC desactiva campo de 15 hectares de cultivo de estupefaciente em Malanje
Na Mira do Crimenamiradocrime.infoPTSIC desativa 15 hectares de produção de liamba e detém um dos maiores cultivadores da droga em Malanje
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O País placed the operation in Cangandala municipality, while Na Mira do Crime named Xandel; both name Cambundi Catembo and the Seca and Bamba neighbourhoods.
Na Mira do Crime named the detainee as Fernando João Ndala, 50; O País did not name him.
The reports give no value for the 10 tonnes of liamba.
The SIC said the man would be taken to the Public Prosecutor's Office; no charge or court date was reported.
ANGOP's report of the same operation could not be opened, so the two accounts used may not be independent.
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