Man held in Akanda with 1,725 bundles of cannabis resin
Oclad agents arrested Patrick L. Akouaraga, 43, and seized 1,725 bundles of cannabis resin hidden in a dozen sacks at Malibé, in the commune of Akanda north of Libreville. The Oclad valued the load at more than 25.8 million CFA francs, and he was taken before the Libreville prosecutor and remanded to the central prison after his arrest on 22 August 2020.
🇬🇦 Malibé, Akanda, north of Libreville, Estuaire · Gabon
Oclad agents arrested 43-year-old Patrick L. Akouaraga in northern Libreville
with a dozen sacks holding 1,725 bundles of cannabis resin in total, and his
accomplices were on the run.[1]The Oclad seized the 1,725 bundles of resin at
Malibé, in the commune of Akanda, and they most likely belonged to Akouaraga.[1]The daily L’Union reported that the 43-year-old had tried to hide the
bundles in the dozen sacks.[1]L’Union reported that the cargo was in a
Mitsubishi car with registration AB 101 W, carrying two other men, Benjamin
Mintsa Minkoua, known as Akamoto, and Léonard Odzame More, known as Tata, both
on the run.[1]
By the Oclad’s estimate, the load had a market value of more than 25.8 million
CFA francs.[1]After his arrest on 22 August 2020 he was brought before the
Libreville prosecutor and placed under an order of committal to the central
prison, suspected of possessing and selling narcotics.[1]
Gabonreview described the seizure as a large new one in Akanda, which it said
appeared to have become one of the country’s drug-trafficking hubs.[1]The
article noted that the seizure came less than three months after 207 kg of
cannabis were found at the home of a Togolese couple.[1]
Photos and video
Bundles of cannabis resin, captioned as an illustration of the drug rather than a photograph of this load. Photo: D.R.Photo details
No weight or kilogram total for the load was published, only 1,725 bundles in a dozen sacks, so no kg_seized figure can be recorded.
The article gives no separate date for the seizure; 22 August 2020 is the arrest date it reports, and the same sentence inconsistently says he was brought before the Libreville prosecutor 'four days earlier'.
The article does not say what type of order preceded the search, so a search warrant or flagrante delicto cannot be confirmed.
Neither account publishes the nationalities of the three men.
No court outcome was reported for Akouaraga, only his committal to the central prison.
The only other accessible account, alibreville, republishes Gabonreview's text verbatim, and L'Union's original article could not be opened (its archived edition is a PDF the research tool cannot read), so the event rests on one original report.
The page photo is captioned only as an illustration of cannabis resin, so it is not established as a photograph of this seizure.
The article also mentions a separate earlier find of 207 kg at a Togolese couple's home; that event is not part of this report.
The text gives a weight ("207 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in alibreville.com: The Libreville news portal alibreville republished the same text on 14 September 2020, crediting Gabon Review.
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