Two suitcases of cannabis seized from a bus at Garoua-Boulaï
Police at Garoua-Boulaï seized two suitcases of Indian hemp from the luggage hold of a bus travelling from Bertoua to Ngaoundéré on 12 October 2014, and took all 70-seat bus's passengers in for questioning. Nobody admitted owning the suitcases; officers said the load still had to be weighed.
🇨🇲 Garoua-Boulaï, Lom-et-Djérem, East Region · Cameroon
Police in Garoua-Boulaï seized two suitcases of chanvre indien, the French term
for Indian hemp or cannabis, from the luggage hold of a bus on 12 October 2014.[1]The suitcases were in a 70-seat bus of the agency Touristique Voyage
travelling from Bertoua to Ngaoundéré.[1]Officers found the parcels while
searching the baggage hold at the stop on the way out of Garoua-Boulaï.[1]
Adamou Alioum, the divisional commissioner who heads the National Security
delegation for the East, said the load would first be weighed to establish its
exact weight and value.[1]All the passengers were taken to the Garoua-Boulaï
public security police station, and none of them admitted owning the suitcases.[1]The commissioner said a careful search of one suitcase turned up a notice
convening the general assembly of the Association Bamessingué, signed by its
president Joseph Kaffo, which the judicial police (DRPJ) would use in the case.[1]
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The article gives no weight, plant count or value for the two suitcases, and the officer quoted said the load was still to be weighed, so no figures are recorded.
No one was named as the owner and the article reports no arrest, charge or court step; the passengers were taken in for questioning only.
The report gives no further details on how the case ended or what the DRPJ found when it used the association notice found in one suitcase.
Only one opened source supports the event; an English reprint of the same text appeared in search results but its page could not be opened.
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