The suspected drug traffickers, all from the same family, were presented to the press on 24 June 2020 in Douala.[1] A family cannabis-selling network supplied from the North-West region was arrested that Wednesday in Douala.[1] Four people aged between 20 and 40 were arrested and transferred to the Douala Tribunal de Grande Instance.[1]

Officers of the Littoral gendarmerie legion acted after receiving information about cannabis-selling sites in the Texaco Aéroport quarter and a telephone number for contacting the suspected dealers.[1] The contacts indicated the transaction location, and the officers located the indicated premises at around 4 p.m.[1] The operation seized 548 kg of cannabis from the family network.[1]

The arrested people offered the gendarmes 1 million CFA francs to free them.[1] According to their statements, the head of the trafficking network is their father, who was being sought by the gendarmerie.[1] A woman identified as Mbouta Brigitte, described as a receiver, was transferred that day to the CED in Yaoundé.[1] The 1 million CFA francs offered as a bribe was paid into the public treasury.[1]