3 arrested as 9 cannabis blocks seized in Bouaké Zone
Bouaké anti-drug police seized nine blocks of cannabis in the Zone quarter on 24 April 2022. Officers arrested two dealers holding packaged cannabis and then their supplier at his home; all three were to face a judge.
On Sunday 24 April 2022, officers of the Bouaké Drugs and Narcotics Police, the
Ivorian police’s specialist anti-drug branch, seized nine blocks of cannabis in
the Zone quarter of Bouaké.[1]Officers first stopped two dealers who were
found holding cannabis already packaged and conditioned for sale.[1]Information provided by the two dealers led officers to their supplier, who was
then arrested at his home.[1]In total three people were arrested, listed as
BM aged 19, MY aged 18 and KO aged 21.[2]
Bouaké is a city in central Côte d’Ivoire, about 350 km from Abidjan.[1]Ivorian police presented the operation as another success in its campaign
against drug trafficking.[1]Police announced the seizure in a communiqué on
Monday.[1]
Those arrested were to be brought before a judge to answer for their acts.[1]Police described fighting drug trafficking as a top priority, pursued inside the
country as well as through reinforced maritime and airport controls.[1]
Case data
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Anti-drug officers from Guiglo arrested a cannabis grower in Méo village, in Toulépleu department in western Côte d'Ivoire. They seized five blocks of cannabis that together weighed five kilograms.
GRAD Spécial officers arrested a 44-year-old man in his room at Adjamé-Paillet, near the Amber crossroads in Abidjan, on 7 October 2026 and seized 7 kg of OG Kush cannabis packed in seven balloons. Police said the drug was meant for sale, and an investigation is seeking its origin and any accomplices.
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.
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.
