Luanda police seize 169 kg of liamba in three-day sweep
Angola's National Police seized 169 kilograms of cannabis sativa, known as liamba, during crime-prevention operations across Luanda province from 6 to 8 November 2026. Officers also took two firearms, an AKM magazine with ammunition and a machete, and no arrests were reported.
Police in Luanda ran crime-prevention and crime-repression operations across the
province from 6 to 8 November 2026.[1]Luanda provincial police command
spokesman Nestor Goubel gave the figures to O País.[1]
The National Police seized169 kilograms of cannabis sativa, known in Angola as
liamba.[1]The same operations also produced 40 pieces of liamba and 37.45
grams of cocaine, in crack form.[1]Officers also seized two firearms, an AKM
rifle magazine with ammunition and a machete.[1]In the same operations in
Luanda province they seized 169 kilograms of cannabis and 40 pieces of a
cannabis product, along with two firearms, an AKM magazine with ammunition and a
machete.[2]
No arrests, charges or suspects were reported in the operations.[1]
Case data
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Angola's Criminal Investigation Service stopped three men with 3,547.5 kg of liamba in 176 sacks near Mulondo, Cambundi Catembo, on 15 February 2026. The drug was bound for Luanda; the SIC estimated the load could sell for more than 14 million kwanzas.
Angola's Criminal Investigation Service detained three people in Bairro Vimbalambi, Catumbela, after finding liamba buried in a residence's yard on 12 February 2026. The SIC described the three, aged 34 to 48, as the alleged owners of the drug and said inquiries into other sales and storage points were continuing.
Angola's Criminal Investigation Service burned 50,000 kg of liamba and more than 210 kg of cocaine seized in 2022 operations during coordinated incinerations in the week of 24 November 2022. The Bengo leg alone accounted for more than 33,000 kg of liamba, with smaller cannabis burns recorded in Namibe, Cunene and Huíla.
Police in Kiwaba-Nzoji, Malanje, seized about 1,300 kg of liamba concealed in cassava-flour sacks in a truck bound for Luanda and detained two people. The SIC took custody of the suspects and was preparing the criminal case for court.
