Angola's National Police arrested a 43-year-old woman at the Rio Loge Grande inspection post in Zaire province after finding 125 kg of cannabis, known locally as liamba, hidden in sacks of cassava flour during a routine check. Investigators are tracing where the drug came from and where it was going.
🇦🇴 Rio Loge Grande inspection post, Zaire province · Angola
Police stopped a 43-year-old woman at the Rio Loge Grande inspection post in Zaire province during a routine check.[1]
In the load she was carrying they found 125 kg of cannabis, known in Angola as liamba, hidden inside sacks of múcua, a cassava flour.[1]
She was arrested.[1] Investigators are trying to establish where the drug came from and where it was going.[1]
No charge or court appearance has been reported.[1]
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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.
Angola's Criminal Investigation Service stopped three men with 3,547.5 kg of liamba in 176 sacks near Mulondo, Cambundi Catembo, on 15 February 2026. The drug was bound for Luanda; the SIC estimated the load could sell for more than 14 million kwanzas.
Angola's Criminal Investigation Service detained three people in Bairro Vimbalambi, Catumbela, after finding liamba buried in a residence's yard on 12 February 2026. The SIC described the three, aged 34 to 48, as the alleged owners of the drug and said inquiries into other sales and storage points were continuing.