Chad police present 29 suspects after N'Djamena drug and theft raids
Chad's national police presented 29 suspects to the press in N'Djamena on 17 August 2026 after operations from 5 to 17 August; 17 face drug-trafficking charges including cannabis, alongside seizures of cannabis, hemp and packaging material and hundreds of bottles of adulterated alcohol.
Chad’s national police presented 29 suspects to journalists in N’Djamena on Monday
17 August 2026 after two weeks of operations across the capital.[1][2]
Commissioner Mounne Eugene Dezoumbe said raids from 5 to 17 August had targeted
trafficking networks, thefts and fraud; 28 suspects appeared in person at the
presentation at police headquarters.[1]Seventeen people face drug charges,
including possession and sale of cannabis, Indian hemp and other substances, as
well as selling adulterated alcohol and one attempted bribe of an officer.[1][2]Ten others were held over theft and gang offences, and one over fraud, impersonation
and rape.[1][2]
Police said searches recovered significant quantities of prohibited drugs, packaging
and leaves used to prepare sales, plus hundreds of bottles of counterfeit alcohol.[1][2]Lebledparle reported that cannabis and hemp were among the drugs seized.[2]Authorities said most suspects had admitted the facts in custody and would be sent
to court.[1]
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National Police officers and an official outside the Sous-direction de la Police Secours during the 17 August 2026 press presentation in N'Djamena. Photo: Alwihda InfoPhoto details
No weight or quantity was published for the cannabis or other drugs seized, only that significant amounts and packaging were recovered.
The 29 suspects also included people charged with theft, fraud and violent crime unrelated to narcotics; the figure counts everyone presented, not cannabis-only cases.
Court outcomes were not reported; police said most suspects had confessed in custody.
Chad police presented 45 suspects in N'Djamena on 3 August 2026 after operations from 17 July, including one suspect pursued for drug trafficking. Officers seized weapons, cash, counterfeit notes and a mixed quantity of Tramadol and cannabis, with no separate cannabis amount published.
Security forces in Chad's Tibesti Province presented seized arms, cannabis, adulterated alcohol and other banned goods to the press after a meeting chaired by Delegate-General Alifa Weddeye. Weddeye praised the forces and urged vigilance, while local people welcomed the results against insecurity.
Chad's National Police incinerated seized prohibited goods at Gassi in N'Djamena's 7th arrondissement on 15 January 2026. The destroyed lot included 38 blocks and 165 balls of cannabis alongside medicines, alcohol, phones and counterfeit notes.
Chad's national gendarmerie presented 29 arrested suspects and a mixed haul of weapons, drugs, counterfeit notes and motorcycles at Klessoum in N'Djamena on 24 July 2020; retail cannabis sellers were among the suspects and its special units seized cannabis. No weight, plant count or value was given for the cannabis, and the arrest total covers the whole roundup.
