Police destroy 15,000 cannabis plants in Ruvubu National Park
Burundi police reported destroying a 1.5-hectare cannabis field with 15,000 plants in Ruvubu National Park during the 5–9 October 2026 USALAMA XII operation. The owner was not identified at the site, and police said a judicial investigation had opened.
🇧🇮 Ruvubu National Park, Gitega Province · Burundi
Burundian police said a cannabis field in Ruvubu National Park, Gitega Province, was destroyed
during USALAMA XII, an operation that ran from 5 to 9 October 2026.[1][2]The field covered
1.5 hectares and contained 15,000 cannabis plants.[1][2]Police deputy inspector general
Emmanuel Ndayiziga said that officers did not identify the owner at the site and had opened a
judicial investigation.[1]
The police presented the operation’s results on 23 October; Iwacu published its account on
24 October and Indundi published its report on 23 October.[1][2]Both accounts attribute the
field details to the same police briefing and place it in Ruvubu National Park in Gitega
Province.[1][2]The same briefing reported 361.5 kilograms of cannabis seized and three
arrests in Bujumbura and Burunga, separate events not included in this field report.[1][2]
Neither article gives the exact day during the five-day operation when the field was destroyed
or reports a later outcome from the judicial investigation.[1][2]
Case data
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