Police arrested one person and seized six kilograms of cannabis in Kouibly, in western Ivory Coast, on Monday 6 October 2025.[1] The operation was carried out by the Man regional branch of the DPSD, Ivory Coast’s drug police, as part of the national Operation Épervier.[1]

According to the Directorate General of the National Police, officers acted on information about drug trafficking in a plantation where the suspect was packaging cannabis intended for sale.[1] Officers seized six kilograms of cannabis, which was held as evidence, and apprehended the alleged dealer.[1] Police surprised a man packaging cannabis in a remote plantation at Kouibly.[2] That plantation was used as a processing point for cannabis intended for resale.[2] Officers found several carefully wrapped bundles prepared for sale at the site.[2]

Police took the suspect under guard to the police station for the judicial investigation.[2] Police said investigators are continuing work to trace the full supply chain of the trafficking network still active in the area.[2]

The national police restated its commitment to intensify action against drug trafficking and use in the west and across the country.[1]