21-year-old held with 7 kg of cannabis at Gamba checkpoint
Gendarmes at Gamba's mixed checkpoint in North Cameroon arrested a 21-year-old aide-commerçant travelling from Ngong to Ngaoundéré on the night of 11-12 October 2026. They seized 7 kg of cannabis in 14 packets plus shisha charcoal and tobacco that the suspect said came from Nigeria via Touroua.
🇨🇲 Gamba mixed checkpoint, Route Nationale N°1, Mayo-Rey, North Region · Cameroon
At about 00:30 on the night of 11-12 October 2026, gendarmes of the mixed
Gendarmerie-Police-Customs post at Gamba on National Road No. 1 stopped a
travel-agency bus travelling from Ngong toward Ngaoundéré during a routine
check.[1]On board, they detained a suspect who works as an aide-commerçant
and lives at Ngaoundéré-Beka.[1]Camer.be identifies the detained passenger as
a 21-year-old man.[2]Camer.be names the Gamba team leader as Adjudant-Chef
Signe Talla.[2]
Officers found seven kilograms of cannabis, packed as 14 packets of about 0.5 kg
each.[1]The drugs were stored in cartons hidden under his seat and in the
luggage hold.[1]Officers also seized 20 packets of shisha charcoal and 21
packets of shisha tobacco from the same hiding places.[1]During questioning
the suspect said he had obtained the load in Nigeria, travelled via Touroua to
Ngong, and boarded the bus there intending to sell the cargo in Ngaoundéré.[1]
He was placed in custody at the Gamba gendarmerie post while an investigation
was opened.[1]Camer.be adds that he is to be presented to the public
prosecutor at the Mayo-Rey lower courts for the next steps.[2]
Photos and video
The detained suspect standing in front of the Gamba post with the seized packets laid out on the ground.Photo details
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Open questions the AI reported
The suspect is identified only as a 21-year-old aide-commerçant living at Ngaoundéré-Beka; his full name was not published.
No court outcome was reported; the suspect was in custody at Gamba and Camer.be said he would be presented to the Mayo-Rey prosecutor.
No monetary value for the cannabis or the shisha charcoal and tobacco was published.
The shisha charcoal and tobacco are not cannabis and are excluded from the cannabis figures.
The National Gendarmerie statement repeating the same account was found in search but could not be opened directly after a server error, so this report rests on the two opened outlet accounts.
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