Cannabis rolling leaves seized from one person at Khouara, Trarza
A mobile brigade of Mauritania's National Gendarmerie seized an important quantity of cannabis rolling leaves from one person at the entrance to the village of Khouara, on the Tiguint-Rosso road, as it was being smuggled toward Nouakchott. The gendarmerie gave no weight, value or package count, and no arrest or court outcome was reported.
🇲🇷 Khouara, Trarza, Mauritania
A mobile patrol of the Mauritanian National Gendarmerieseized an important
quantity of cannabis rolling leaves on Wednesday evening as they were on their
way to Nouakchott.[1]The rolling leaves were found on one person at the
entrance to the village of Khouara, on the Tiguint-Rosso road, while that person
was trying to smuggle them toward Nouakchott.[1]
The gendarmerie said the operation formed part of its efforts to control
Mauritania’s roads and to fight smuggling and smugglers.[1]Sahara Médias
reported the seizure on 15 January 2026, the day after it happened, under a
headline describing an important quantity of cannabis seized on the
Rosso-Nouakchott axis by a mobile brigade of the national gendarmerie.[2]
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The cannabis seized on the Rosso-Nouakchott axis by a mobile brigade of the national gendarmerie, in the photo published with the Cridem report of the seizure at Khouara.Photo details
Cridemm.cridem.orgFRUne importante quantité de cannabis saisie sur l’axe Rosso-Nouakchott par une brigade mobile de la gendarmerie nationale
Sahara Médiasfr.saharamedias.netFRUne importante quantité de cannabis saisie sur l’axe Rosso-Nouakchott par une brigade mobile de la gendarmerie nationale
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No weight, package count or value was published for the cannabis, so no quantity is recorded.
The report says the cannabis was found on one person but does not say whether that person was arrested, detained or charged.
The seizure is dated Wednesday evening and the report was published on 15 January 2026, so 14 January 2026 is used as the incident date.
The place is given as the entrance to the village of Khouara on the Tiguint-Rosso road; the coordinates used are those of the gazetteer entry for El Khouara in Keur-Macene, Trarza, not the exact spot of the stop.
The drug is described only as cannabis rolling leaves (feuilles à rouler), with no laboratory confirmation or further product description published.
Both accounts rest on the same gendarmerie statement carried by Sahara Médias; no agency statement or independent reporting was found.
Mauritania's National Gendarmerie detained four people in a house in Foum Gleita, M'Bout district, on suspicion of consuming alcohol and drugs. Officers seized 24 whisky bottles together with 22 small packs of cannabis and 48 rolls of hashish, which the gendarmerie announced on Thursday evening.
Gendarmes at the PK55 border post in Dakhlet Nouadhibou found about 26 kg of cannabis resin hidden in a vehicle heading into Mauritania on 29 September 2026 and arrested two foreign nationals. The gendarmerie sealed the drug and began judicial proceedings against the two.
Police and gendarmerie units announced a run of raids in July and August 2026, breaking up at least ten networks and arresting dozens of people. The largest seizures were 202 kg of cannabis resin hidden in food shipments, 230 kg in a truck trailer at Bassiknou and 210 kg at Nouadhibou, alongside smaller amounts and thousands of psychotropic tablets.
Police intercepted 30 slabs of cannabis weighing 27 kg at the El-Messellem control post in Guidimakha wilaya on 19 November 2025, arresting a driver caught transporting the load from a neighbouring country. The Ghabou commissariat opened an inquiry.
