25 kg of cannabis seized at Modeste Potokro near Grand-Bassam under Épervier 10
Ivory Coast's DPSD drug police found 25 blocks of cannabis weighing 25 kg hidden in the bush at Modeste Potokro, on the road between Port-Bouët and Grand-Bassam, on 15 February 2025. The operation was part of Épervier 10, the national anti-trafficking drive; police secured the area and opened an investigation, and no arrest was reported.
🇨🇮 Modeste Potokro, on the Port-Bouët – Grand-Bassam road, Grand-Bassam department · Côte d'Ivoire
Agents of Ivory Coast’s DPSD, the drugs squad of the national police, found 25
blocks of cannabis weighing 25 kg hidden in dense bush at Modeste Potokro, a
locality on the Port-Bouët – Grand-Bassam road.[1]The discovery was made on
Saturday 15 February 2025 during an operation mounted under Épervier 10, a
police drive against drug trafficking.[1]Officers secured the area and opened
an investigation to trace the network and identify those responsible for the
shipment.[1]The blocks were carefully wrapped and intended for the black
market.[1]
No arrest was reported, and the accounts name no suspect.[2]The DPSD squad
acted on precise information and searched the spot in vegetation along the
lagoon shore.[3]Afrik Soir said officers secured the load and took it to the
competent services.[3]Koaci said the DPSD intercepted the 25 blocks hidden in
dense bush and that the area was secured immediately.[2]The Ivorian press
agency AIP credited the account to Police Secours, a police platform, in a post
on its Facebook page on 24 February 2025.[1]
Photos and video
Twenty-five blocks of cannabis laid out after the DPSD discovery at Modeste Potokro, in the photo captioned 'La Police saisit 25 blocs de cannabis près de Grand-Bassam'. Photo: Police SecoursPhoto details
Koacikoaci.comFRCôte d'Ivoire : 25 blocs de cannabis soigneusement emballés et destinés au marché noir saisis
Afrik Soirafriksoir.netFROpération Épervier 10 : Saisie de 25 kg de cannabis près de Grand-Bassam
Open questions the AI reported
No arrest, suspect or charge was reported; the account says only that an investigation was opened to trace the network.
AIP credits the account to the Police Secours Facebook page; Afrik Soir and Koaci carry the same police details, so no independent reporting beyond the police account was found.
No street value for the 25 kg was published.
The place is named Modeste Potokro; its exact position along the Port-Bouët – Grand-Bassam road is not given, so the coordinates are for Grand-Bassam commune.
Afrik Soir describes Modeste Potokro as lying along the lagoon shore; neither account places it on a map.
The AIP caption credits the photo to Police Secours, the police platform, rather than naming the DPSD or the police directorate.
Police seized 160.5 kg of cannabis in 160 blocks from a studio in Bimbresso, Songon, on 3 November 2026 and arrested two men. The suspects and drugs were handed to the anti-drug police, who are continuing the investigation.
Ivory Coast's anti-drug units arrested 152 people and destroyed 131 fumoirs, drug-smoking rooms, during Operation Vacances sécurisées 11, the 2026 school-holiday security drive. The prefect of police said the operation seized 774.075 kg of cannabis; he gave the results at Bingerville on 29 October 2026, as he launched its successor, Épervier 12.
The anti-drug unit of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan seized 25.10 kg of cannabis in Grand-Bassam on 22 October 2026 and arrested two people, who were held for investigation. The operation was part of Opération Épervier Spécial.
GRAD officers arrested two people at Mondoukou on 15 October 2026, seizing 53.003 kg of cannabis and 4,808 diverted medicine tablets while destroying seven drug-use dens. The haul was also presented as the unit's cumulative result for 1 to 15 October under Opération Épervier Spécial.
