111 kg of cannabis resin seized in Konni; two arrested
Officers of Niger's anti-drug office in Konni department dismantled an international trafficking network, seizing 111 kg of cannabis resin hidden in car tyres and arresting two people. Konni prefect Abba Lélé congratulated the officers, while the head of the Konni branch said other suspects were still sought.
Officers of Niger’s Central Office for the Repression of Illicit Drug
Trafficking, acting from the office’s branch in Konni department in
south-central Niger, dismantled an international drug-trafficking network.[1]The operation seized111 kg of cannabis resin and police arrested two
individuals.[1]China.org.cn carried the same account of the Konni operation
credited to Niger’s public radio.[2]
According to Abba Adam, the head of the Konni branch, the drugs were found after
an investigation and had been hidden inside car tyres.[1]The Aviseur
International reprint repeats that the drugs seized after investigation had been
hidden in car tyres.[3]Adam said other individuals were still being sought
and that investigators were on the right track to catch them.[1]
Abba Lélé, prefect of Konni department, went to the scene to congratulate and
encourage the police officers for the result, which he said was achieved with
the collaboration of the population.[1]Konni department borders Nigeria.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article gives no separate date for the operation; 31 August 2019 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The names and later legal status of the two arrested people were not published.
No court outcome was reported, and other suspects were still wanted at the time of reporting.
The China.org.cn and Aviseur International texts are the same Xinhua dispatch credited to Niger's public radio, so they corroborate the account but are not independent reporting.
The Aviseur International excerpt carries only the concealment and wanted-suspects passage, so the weight and arrests rely on the two full texts.
Niamey Customs Brigade officers intercepted 154 balls of cannabis about 22 km south of the Kouré checkpoint on 9 September 2026, a haul Customs called a brigade record. Acting on prior intelligence, officers stopped the suspect cargo before it continued; no arrests were reported.
Police in Tamaské, Tahoua region, seized 45 kg of cannabis and arrested two suspects on 22 April 2026. Local and departmental authorities praised the operation as a blow to trafficking networks and urged residents to report suspicious activity.
Niger's OCRTIS anti-narcotics office dismantled a transnational cannabis network on 31 March 2026 when a routine check of an Algerian-registered truck bound for Tamanrasset found 154 bricks and 28 balls of cannabis hidden in a chassis compartment and spare tyres. Ten people aged 16 to 42 were detained; the load was valued at more than 30 million CFA francs.
Niger's anti-drug office, OCRTIS, arrested two suspected members of a cross-border cannabis network in Konni, Tahoua Region, one of them a Nigerian courier stopped at Saléoua. The case began with 44.225 kg of cannabis resin found in Konni on 30 October and ended with some 57 kg of cannabis seized in all, alongside tens of thousands of psychotropic pills.
