Three men arrested in Moanda with cannabis sweets, loose cannabis and tramadol capsules were sentenced to one year of firm imprisonment after a flagrant-délit hearing. Two had prior cannabis convictions in 2021 and 2023.
Officers of the Haut-Ogooué provincial branch of the Central Anti-Drug Office
(Ocad), Gabon’s central anti-drug agency, arrested three men in the Commercial
district of Moanda.[1]Those arrested were Dan Beyanga, 31, Stan Lekouma, 34,
and Rosny Poungou, 22, a student at a private university in Franceville.[1]They were held in pre-trial detention at Yené prison and tried in a correctional
flagrant-délit hearing.[1]The court sentenced all three to one year of firm
imprisonment.[1]The conviction was for unlawful possession of prohibited
substances.[1]
At the arrest they were found with cannabis sweets (bonbons de cannabis), two
Tramadol capsules and a sachet of loose cannabis.[1]The court treated those
items as sufficient to establish the possession offence.[1]
Beyanga had previously been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in 2021 for
cannabis possession.[1]Lekouma had received a similar conviction in 2023.[1]The one-year terms were presented as part of a judicial effort to deter
drug circulation in Haut-Ogooué despite regular enforcement operations.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article gives only its publication date of 3 April 2026, citing L'Union of the same day, with no separate dates for the arrest or the sentencing hearing.
No weight, count of cannabis sweets, or market value for the cannabis was published; the seizure is described only as cannabis sweets plus one sachet of loose cannabis alongside 2 Tramadol capsules.
The report does not say which defendant possessed which substance.
Whether any fine was imposed or any appeal was filed was not reported.
Only one opened source was available; it cites L'Union of 3 April 2026, which was not opened separately.
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.
