149 kg of cannabis seized at sea by Comoros coast guard
The Comorian coast guard intercepted a fishing boat in Comorian waters on the night of 17 January 2026 and seized 149 kg of cannabis. Several people were detained, including a repeat facilitator known to the security services, and the drugs were later burned at the Anjouan court.
The Comorian coast guard intercepted a fishing boat in Comorian waters in the evening of Saturday
17 January 2026 and seized149 kg of cannabis.[1][2][3]Several people were detained and handed to
the judicial authorities.[1][2][3]Among them was a repeat facilitator known to the security
services, who the coast guard said was involved in organised networks, including bringing African
migrants into Comoros irregularly.[1][2][4][3]
La Gazette des Comores estimated the cannabis at about 100,000 Comorian francs per kilogram, or
about 14.9 million francs (around €30,000) for the cargo.[4]The coast guard said the seizure
showed its increased surveillance of the archipelago’s maritime borders.[1][2]
On 21 January the coast guard said it had burned the 149 kg at the Palais de Justice in Anjouan
under the authority of the public prosecutor, with the court clerk present.[5]It said the
destruction was meant to protect the population, especially young people.[5]
Case data
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Customs and border police at Moroni's Hahaya airport seized 150 slabs of cannabis resin weighing 14 kg from a young Comorian woman arriving from France on 14 February 2026. She was arrested for importation; no charge or court outcome has been published.
Comoros' National Gendarmerie seized 71 kg of cannabis at the fishermen's quay in Magoudjou, Moroni, on 27 July 2021 and detained two people described as members of the network. The gendarmerie said the investigation was continuing and the drug would go to the prosecutor for incineration.
Customs officers seized 2.6 kg of cannabis from a crew member aboard the Sima B at the Port of Moroni and arrested him after the vessel arrived from Majunga. The man, known as Bosco, was held in pre-trial detention while prosecutors opened a case and sought alleged accomplices.
Police in Moroni seized 119 kg of cannabis and detained the parcel's owner, described as a notable, about two days before 8 November 2012. Officers said the arrest followed a denunciation by a woman who had trusted him to sell goats on her behalf.
