Two passengers flee Guiglo checkpoint, leaving 39.6 kg of cannabis in a bush taxi
Two passengers asked a bush taxi to stop just before the Kati checkpoint near Guiglo, then ran into the bush, leaving their bags behind. Anti-drug police searching the bags found 39.643 kg of cannabis with heroin, cocaine and packaging, and no arrest was reported.
🇨🇮 Kati checkpoint, near Guiglo, Cavally · Côte d'Ivoire
Arrested
0
Cannabis
39.643 kg
Agency
Groupe de répression anti-drogue de Guiglo (GRAD-Guiglo)
Two passengers in a bush taxi heading for Guiglo asked the driver to stop a few
metres before the Kati checkpoint at about 15:20 on 10 November 2026.[1]They
asked for the stop saying they needed to relieve themselves.[2]They walked
into the bush and never came back.[2]The driver waited and then drove on to
the checkpoint, where he reported them to the anti-drug police.[1]He also
handed over the bags the two travellers had left.[3]
Officers of GRAD-Guiglo, the anti-drug group of Guiglo, checked the abandoned
bags in front of the driver and the other passengers.[1]The search found a
large quantity of drugs, carefully packed and hidden in the baggage.[4]The
haul was 39 blocks and 1,100 pochons, or small bags, of cannabis, with a total
weight of 39.643 kg.[5]Police also found 800 doses of heroin weighing 61 g, 2
g of cocaine and 110 packaging packets.[1]
The seizure was made under Operation Épervier 12, a police drive against drug
trafficking.[4]Both passengers were still missing and no arrest was reported.[3]An investigation was opened to find them and to establish where the drugs
came from and where they were going.[1]
Photos and video
The bush taxi and the cannabis found in the abandoned bags, in a photo published with Koaci's report. Photo: KoaciPhoto details
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.
