Chad’s Public Security Directorate presented 45 detained people in N’Djamena on 3 August 2026.[1] The operation ran from 17 July to 3 August 2026, and its results were detailed by Commissioner Mounne Eugene Dezoumbe of the national police.[1] The arrests came from joint work by national police intelligence, the Ngueli border post, public-security stations, community policing and the national gendarmerie.[1] The suspects were divided into four groups by type of offence, covering armed robbery and kidnapping, theft and fraud, forgery and counterfeiting, and drugs.[1] The drug group comprised two suspects, one pursued for drug trafficking and the other for fraudulent sale of veterinary products.[1]

Police reported seizing eight automatic pistols along with three vehicles and two motorcycles.[1] They also seized 21,891,000 FCFA in cash, 10 million in counterfeit notes and a computer used for forgery.[1] Officers also seized a large quantity of psychoactive substances described as Tramadol and cannabis, with no separate cannabis amount given.[1] Dezoumbe said all the suspects would be sent to face justice.[1]