Gendarmes seize 666 kg of cannabis and arrest four in Guéasso
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.
Guinea’s territorial gendarmerie in Lola seized666 kg of cannabis and 16 kg of
cannabis seeds in the Guéasso sub-prefecture on the night of Thursday 29 October
2026.[1][2]The operation began at about 2am in the Dongola sector of the Zessou
district.[1][2]
It followed a complaint to the justice of the peace in Lola and the discovery of
about one hectare of cannabis hidden inside a banana plantation.[1][2]Investigators identified a suspected owner, arrested in Lola on 27 October; he
admitted the facts and named other growers, according to Colonel Pépé Augustin
Kolié, commander of the Lola gendarmerie company.[1][2]
Searches then found 66 sacks of cannabis weighing 666 kg in total, along with the
16 kg of seeds.[1][2]Four people were arrested.[1][2]
The results were presented to a regional delegation of the defence and security
forces led by Brigadier General Mamadi Condé, commander of the 4th military region
in N’Zérékoré.[1][2]The gendarmerie said its investigations continue and that
individual responsibility would be established in court.[1][2]
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