Two young men held with cannabis balls at Anyama cattle market
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.
🇨🇮 Cattle market, Anyama, Abidjan · Côte d'Ivoire
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Commissariat de Police de Circonscription d'Anyama, Parquet du Tribunal de première instance d'Abobo
Officers of the Anyama police district station arrested two young people at the
cattle market in Anyama at about 4:30 a.m. on Sunday 23 August 2026, acting on a
tip.[1]A search of the two found several boulettes of cannabis, pressed balls
of the drug, and medicines presented as of inferior quality or falsified.[1]
Police took both to the station; they are K.A., 19, who lives in Anyama’s
Ancienne Gendarmerie quarter, and T.M., 16, unemployed and living in the
Contrôle quarter.[1]The two were brought to the prosecutor’s office at the
Abobo court of first instance at 8 a.m. on Monday 24 August 2026.[1]
The arrest was made under Vacances sécurisées 11, the Ivorian holiday-period
security drive, which aims to strengthen police presence and curb activity that
disturbs public order.[1]Police said the find led them to examine where the
products came from and whether the two were selling them.[1]
A second Ivorian account gives the same two ages and reports that the pair were
held at the disposal of the judicial authorities after being taken to the
station.[2]
Photos and video
Police handout photo published with the Anyama report and captioned 'Les présumés voleurs (Ph Koaci)', captioned to show the two young suspects arrested with cannabis and suspected counterfeit medicines. Photo: KoaciPhoto details
No weight or number of cannabis balls was published, and the accompanying medicines are not counted as cannabis or valued.
No charge, plea or court outcome was reported; the pair's presentation to the Abobo prosecutor on 24 August is the latest step.
Both accounts appear to draw on the same Anyama police statement, so they are not independent reporting.
The submitted photo is captioned 'Les présumés voleurs (Ph Koaci)' and does not show the cannabis or the medicines clearly, so it is linked rather than described as a seizure photo.
The article's tag 'vol' (theft) does not match its text, which reports a drugs and medicines check; the text is followed.
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