315 kg of cannabis seized in Forécariah, driver flees
Guinea's police seized 315 kg of cannabis in six bundles from a Toyota Prado in Salguidia, Forécariah, after a BSIP surveillance operation; the driver fled and remained wanted. A separate interception in Dabola recovered 14 packages of pharmaceutical products, and both seizures were handed to local judicial authorities.
Guinea’s national police directorate announced the seizures in a communique
published on 18 July 2025.[1]The driver of the cannabis vehicle fled before
officers intervened and remained actively sought.[2]
The cannabis seizure took place at Salguidi in the Maférinyah sub-prefecture of
Forécariah prefecture.[1]Officers found six bundles of chanvre indien,
cannabis, weighing 315 kg in total aboard a Toyota Prado registered AI-3132-04
that was stopped after a tail by the Special Intervention Brigade of the Police,
the BSIP.[1]In the same announcement, police reported 14 packages of various
pharmaceutical products intercepted in the Sincéry quarter of Dabola town.[3]Those pharmaceutical products were aboard a Ford minibus travelling from Siguiri
toward Kounsitel, a rural commune in Gaoual prefecture.[3]
The intercepted vehicles and seized cargoes were handed to the competent
judicial authorities of the prefectures concerned.[3]The cannabis vehicle and
its load were placed at the disposal of the Forécariah Court of First Instance
for further proceedings.[2]Police described the Forécariah cannabis seizure
as a record seizure in the Salguidia area of Maférinyah.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
315 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (315 kg)
Setting
Vehicle
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Guineeliveguineelive.comFRDrogue : 315 kg de chanvre indien et produits pharmaceutiques saisis (Police Nationale)
Guinéenewsguineenews.orgFRTrafic de drogue : 315 kg de chanvre indien et des produits pharmaceutiques saisis à Forécariah et à Dabola (Police Nationale)
Open questions the AI reported
The articles give no separate raid date beyond the 18 July 2025 police communique, so that date is used as the incident date.
No arrest, charge or court outcome was reported; the driver was said to have fled and to remain wanted.
The 14 packages of pharmaceutical products were described only as unfit for consumption, so no pharmaceutical quantity is recorded in cannabis figures.
The cannabis locality is spelled Salguidi in one account and Salguidia in others; the report follows each spelling as published.
Guinea's gendarmerie seized 666 kg of cannabis and 16 kg of seeds in the night of 29 October 2026 at Dongola, in the Guéasso sub-prefecture of Lola. Four people were arrested after a complaint led officers to about one hectare of cannabis hidden in a banana plantation.
Police at the Kabaléya advance post in Kindia arrested a motorcycle rider carrying more than 300 kg of cannabis and seized two motorcycles. The suspect was handed to the regional police directorate; reports differ on whether he had already been presented to judicial authorities.
Lola police detained three people, including a 20-year-old woman, in the Woroyapo quarter on 9 October 2026 on suspicion of cannabis trafficking. Officers reported seizing 120 kg of cannabis plus a car, a motorcycle, a locally made shotgun and amulets.
Koundara's BSIP unit seized 15 kg of cannabis hidden in a general-goods shop in Sambailo on 9 March 2026 and arrested five people, including one woman. Police took them to Koundara central commissariat for questioning.
