Officers of the Bembèrèkè district police station carried out an important drug seizure on Sunday 28 June 2026.[1] The alleged traffickers behind the cache remain actively sought by the security forces, with no arrest reported in the account.[1] The Bembèrèkè arrondissement commissariat, the district police station, handled the seizure and kept the goods for the judicial procedure.[1]
Six jute sacks filled with Indian hemp, the French term for cannabis, were discovered in scrubland near the village of Pédarou.[1] According to police sources, the operation followed several days of surveillance of a trafficking network operating in the commune.[1] Officers searching the prepared cache at about 9 p.m. recovered the six sacks, each with an estimated capacity of 100 kilograms, together about 600 kilograms.[1] The sacks contained many pressed slabs of drugs, described as numerous plaquettes found inside the six bags.[1]
The seized goods were transported to the Bembèrèkè police station and placed under seal for the needs of the judicial procedure.[1]
