Police seize 300 kg of cannabis from motorcycle rider in Kindia
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.
Police at the advance post of Kabaléya district in Kindia arrested a motorcycle
rider during a surveillance operation.[1]The National Police said the rider
was carrying more than 300 kilograms of suspected chanvre indien, the French
term for cannabis.[2]Officers also seized two motorcycles during the same
intervention, according to the Directorate General of the National Police.[1]The National Police said the operation formed part of efforts by the security
services to intensify the fight against drug trafficking across Guinean
territory.[3]
The suspect was handed to the regional police directorate in Kindia after his
arrest.[2]La Guinée info said he was still to be presented to the competent
judicial authorities.[1]Guinee7 also reported that he was still to be
presented for the procedure to continue.[2]Mosaiqueguinee reported that he
had already been presented to the judicial authorities.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
300 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (300 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
La Guinée infolaguinee.infoFRLutte contre la drogue à Kindia : plus de 300 kg de chanvre indien saisis par la police
None of the accounts gives the date of the operation; 29 October 2026 is the publication date of the earliest reports.
No charge, court date or outcome was reported, and the suspect was not named.
No value was given for the cannabis or the two motorcycles.
Mosaiqueguinee reports that the suspect had already been presented to judicial authorities, while La Guinée info and Guinee7 said he was still to be presented.
No photograph of the seizure could be verified: the submitted article used a July 2025 file photo of a Conakry arrest, and the images on the other reports carried no captions or credits.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in La Guinée info: The police asked citizens to stay vigilant, report suspicious behaviour and call the toll-free line 117 with any information.
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.
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.
Mandiana's anti-crime brigade seized 37 kg of cannabis from a 51-year-old woman in the Hérémako quarter on 15 February 2026 and took her to the central commissariat. Police said they were tracing suppliers and possible accomplices.
