Djibouti customs find 4.7 kg of cannabis in four pillows at Galafi
Customs officers at Djibouti's Galafi border post stopped a Djibouti-registered vehicle arriving from Ethiopia on 22 October 2026 and found 4.7 kg of cannabis hidden in four pillows. The customs agency reported no arrests and gave no street value.
Customs officers at the Galafi border post found 4.7 kg of cannabis hidden in four pillows during a
routine check on 22 October 2026.[1][2][3]The vehicle was registered in Djibouti but had come from
Ethiopia, and its passengers’ luggage was searched.[1][2][3]
The officers became suspicious of four thick, firm pillows stacked together.[1][2][3]Opening the first,
they found a plastic bag containing cannabis; the other three held the same.[1][2][3]The statement gave
no street value for the drug and named no arrests.[1]
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A customs officer and two men, one with his face blurred, behind four sacks of cannabis found in the vehicle.Photo details
ADI Newsadi.djFRDouane : Saisie à Galafi de 4,7 kg de cannabis
ADI Newsadi.djFRDouane : Saisie à Galafi de 4,7 kg de cannabis
Open questions the AI reported
Only the government news agency ADI reported the seizure; no second account was found.
The report names no arrests or court steps.
The source gives no street value for the cannabis.
The article does not say how many people were in the vehicle or where in Ethiopia it had come from.
AFREEQUE describes itself as writing from a named source and credits the Djibouti Information Agency for every detail, so it is not an independent original account and adds no facts beyond the ADI text.
The article does not say how many passengers were in the vehicle, whether anyone was detained, or where in Ethiopia the vehicle had started its journey.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in AFREEQUE: AFREEQUE, an African news digest that credits the Djibouti Information Agency for its account, reports the same 4.7 kg found in four pillows at the poste-frontière de Galafi on the Ethiopian border.
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