Cameroon customs officers seized 45 kg of cannabis hidden in slipper bales on a Nigeria-Ekok bus at Ekok on 20 June 2025. The Nigerian owner was arrested and said the load was bound for traffickers in Douala.
Customs officers of the mobile brigade at Ekok in the South-West Region seized a
cannabis consignment during a check on 20 June 2025.[1]Officers arrested the
Nigerian national responsible for the cargo and took him into custody.[2]The
owner told investigators the cannabis was meant for several drug traffickers
based in Douala, the economic capital.[1]The suspected courier acknowledged
the load was intended for drug-trafficking networks operating in Douala in the
Littoral Region.[3]
The load weighed 45 kilograms of cannabis.[1]The cannabis was hidden inside
bundles of slippers carried on a public bus that had crossed into Cameroon from
Nigeria.[2]The customs directorate described the haul as the largest cannabis
load seized by customs since the start of 2025.[1]
Cameroon and Nigeria share a 1,500-kilometre border stretching from the
country’s northern tip to its southern end.[2]Cameroon customs presented the
seizure as part of its Halte au commerce illicite operation against illegal
goods.[2]The Directorate General of Customs under the Finance Ministry
disclosed the interception in its newsletter.[1]
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Early wire and local reports described the same Ekok interception as 47 kg in 47 one-kilogram packets, while the later customs newsletter account gives 45 kg; the report uses the later official 45 kg figure.
The arrested owner's name, age and sex were not published beyond Nigerian nationality.
No custody decision, charge or court outcome for the arrested owner was reported.
All accounts trace to the customs directorate's newsletter; no independent account of the inspection was available.
A joint customs patrol found 24 sacks of cannabis totalling 2,400 kg hidden under planks and produce in a Mercedes truck near the Bandjoun Museum of Arts on 28 June 2025; the driver's assistant fled and the vehicle was secured for investigation.
Gendarmes of the Njimom brigade stopped a lorry at the Manki checkpoint in the Noun department of the West region and found 50 sacks of cannabis hidden among cartons of soap. The driver and two other men were detained, and the defence ministry said they and the cargo would be handed to the courts.
West Region gendarmes seized a truck carrying 78 sacks of cannabis totalling 7.8 tonnes in the Ndé department. The sacks were hidden among fresh produce and presented to the regional governor in Bafoussam, while the driver and convoy assistant fled.
Customs officers at Obala in Cameroon's Centre region found 100 kg of cannabis in five parcels hidden in the luggage holds of a Bafoussam–Yaoundé bus on 13 January 2025. An investigation was opened to identify who ordered and who was to receive the load; no one was reported arrested.
