Burkina Faso’s regional judicial police for the Koulsé region carried out a seizure operation that took 575.15 kg of chanvre indien, the French term used for cannabis, off the market in Kaya and Ouagadougou.[1][2] Acting on information about a drug-trafficking network in Kaya and other localities, investigators first seized 7 kg of chanvre indien in sector 4 of Kaya.[3][2] The investigation then traced the network to Ouagadougou, in the Boassa and Sondogo neighbourhoods and the commune of Saaba, where officers seized six and ten sacks holding fifty cannabis pads each.[4][2]

In total the operation recovered 575.15 kg of chanvre indien, which the police valued at 80 million CFA francs.[4][2] Police valued the 575.15 kg at 80 million CFA francs.[3] The Koulsé investigators arrested one active member of the network in that operation.[1][2] They also seized a motorcycle and cash.[4]

Separately, the central police station in Pô arrested two people during a security search at the Tambolo/Pô police post on National Road 5.[3][2] Police said the pair bought the cannabis in a neighbouring country and carried it as passengers on public transport along the Dakola–Ouagadougou route, hiding the pads among clothes in new suitcases.[5][2]

The National Police published both results in statements dated Thursday 25 September 2025, appealing to residents to keep reporting suspicious cases on its hotlines.[5]

Police estimated the value of the Pô seizure at 2.3 million CFA francs.[6][2]