Two men arrested with two blocks of cannabis in Bonon
Police in Bonon's Frakro quarter arrested two men, aged 30 and 43, at about 8.30 pm on 3 October 2026 and found two blocks of cannabis, one man carrying it from Bouaflé in a rice sack. Officers took 48,000 and 224,500 francs CFA from the two and held them at Bonon police station.
🇨🇮 Quartier Frakro, Bonon, Marahoué Region · Côte d'Ivoire
Police in Bonon, a town in Côte d’Ivoire’s Marahoué Region, arrested two men in
the Frakro quarter on Saturday 3 October 2026 at about 8.30 pm, with two blocks
of cannabis in their possession.[1]The two blocks were found during an
operation by a team of the DPC unit under police lieutenant Poka Aimé Jorex, a
police cell the reports do not otherwise describe.[1]The first suspect, a
30-year-old who said he is a planter living at Blanfla in Sinfra sub-prefecture,
was accused of bringing the two blocks from Bouaflé hidden in a black plastic
bag inside an old rice sack.[1]
Officers also found 48,000 francs CFA on him during the search, while the second
man, a 43-year-old wood loader living in Bonon’s Mossibougou quarter, was
carrying 224,500 francs CFA.[1]Police said the older man was arrested as he
came to collect the parcel.[2]Both suspects were taken to Bonon’s police
station for the procedure.[1]
In June 2026 several people were arrested in Bonon in a similar case and brought
before the Bouaflé court of first instance.[1]The security forces have
stepped up operations against drug trafficking and the circulation of
substandard or falsified medicines in the department.[1]
Photos and video
The two suspects of the 3 October 2026 arrest in Bonon, photographed for the state news agency AIP and published by Koaci. Photo: Koaci (Ph Koaci).Photo details
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