Gendarmes dismantle a 300 m² cannabis plot near Kango
On 11 September 2026 road-traffic gendarmes from Kango dismantled a clandestine cannabis plantation of about 300 square metres at Ayeme-Bokoue, Estuaire province, and arrested a 51-year-old man already known to the courts. The official press agency said the crop was destroyed on site.
On Friday 11 September 2026 gendarmes from the Kango road-traffic brigade dismantled a
clandestine cannabis plantation at Ayeme-Bokoue village, about 12 kilometres from Kango in
Estuaire province, Gabon’s official press agency reported.[1]
The Agence Gabonaise de Presse (AGP) said the plot hidden in woodland covered about 300
square metres and held several cannabis plants among banana and tobacco.[1]Officers
arrested a 51-year-old man already known to the courts for similar offences; AGP said he
claimed the plants were for his own use but admitted past sales.[1]
L’Union reported the same operation, saying gendarmes seized and destroyed the harvest under
standard procedures and that the suspect, identified only as R.B.T., faced possible
aggravated penalties as a repeat offender.[2]
Some online outlets described the same plot as about three hectares; AGP and L'Union both put it at roughly 300 square metres and those figures are used here.
Neither account gives a count of individual plants, only that several plants were mixed with banana and tobacco.
L'Union identified the suspect only as R.B.T.; AGP did not publish his name.
The suspect said the crop was for personal use; both reports note a prior conviction for reselling cannabis.
The map uses Kango; Ayeme-Bokoue lies about 12 kilometres away in wooded country.
Gabonese security and intelligence forces dismantled a cross-border drug network in Woleu-Ntem, seizing nearly 500 bundles of cannabis valued at about 16 million CFA francs. Investigators intercepted the drugs in Bitam and Méyo-Kyé near the Cameroon border and detained several suspects, including a woman near 70 and a 22-year-old student.
The Mouila prosecutor's office destroyed 750 kg of cannabis in fifteen 50 kg sacks on court orders around 14 October 2026. The drug, worth about 10 million FCFA, came from seizures stored under seal over several years.
On 24 September 2026 the Mouila court of first instance sentenced prison officer Terence Eyeghe and civilians Abdoulaye Bobo and Clarek Mombo Boussougou to one year in prison and a 100,000 FCFA fine each over cannabis. Two other prison officers were acquitted. No quantity was given.
Gabonese gendarmes seized 80 kg of cannabis in 225 bundles at Malinga near the Congolese border, arresting three suspects travelling in a food-transport vehicle. The haul was valued at nearly 10 million CFA francs and placed under seal pending a prosecutor-ordered investigation.
