Benghazi anti-narcotics branch arrests a man with 16 kg of hashish
Libya's General Department for Combating Drugs and Psychotropic Substances said its Benghazi branch arrested a Libyan man, born 1963, on 31 October 2026 and found about 16 kg of hashish with him. The branch said detectives ambushed him as he trafficked hashish in the city and that the Public Prosecution was notified.
🇱🇾 Shuhada al-Zawiya, Benghazi · Libya
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 16 kg
Libya’s General Department for Combating Drugs and Psychotropic Substances said
its Benghazi branch arrested a Libyan man on 31 October 2026.[1] About 16
kilograms of hashish were found with him, the branch said.[1] The man was
identified only by the initials M. A. L. H., born in 1963.[2] His home is in
the Shuhada al-Zawiya neighbourhood of Benghazi, the branch said.[1] He was
unemployed, according to the branch.[2] It said he was suspected of dealing
drugs in the city.[1]
The branch said its detectives had been assigned to open an evidence file to
check the information it had received about his activity before they set the
ambush.[2] Officers caught him in the act of trafficking hashish, it said.[2] The branch said it took the legal steps required in the case and notified
the Public Prosecution.[2]
Sources
- ضبط 16 كيلوغرامًا من المخدرات بحوزة شخص في بنغازي. وكالة الأنباء الليبية, 31 October 2026. In Arabic.
- مكافحة المخدرات في بنغازي تضبط 16 كيلوغرامًا من الحشيش في حي شهداء الزاوية. صحيفة الساعة 24, 31 October 2026. In Arabic.
Open questions the AI reported
- No charge, court date or sentence was reported; the branch said only that it had notified the Public Prosecution.
- No value was given for the 16 kilograms of hashish.
- The Libyan News Agency described the haul as about 16 kilograms, while Alwasat and Alsaaa 24 gave 16 kilograms; the report uses 16 kilograms.
- The reports do not describe the exact spot in the Shuhada al-Zawiya neighbourhood where the ambush was set.
- All three accounts rest on the Benghazi branch's statement; no independent reporting was found.
- Alwasat also reports a separate Tobruk destruction of 600 kilograms of hashish and pills, a different event left out here.
- The Libyan News Agency published an uncaptioned image with its report; it is not listed.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in بوابة الوسط: A photograph credited to the anti-narcotics agency showed the seized hashish with the suspect, dated Saturday 31 October 2026.
