Two-hectare cannabis plot dismantled at Mindourou snack-bar raid
On 30 July 2025 Haut-Nyong gendarmes cleared about 20,000 m² of cannabis in remote Mindourou and arrested a snack-bar owner known as Jordan, whom they accused of selling cannabis and tramadol to students near the bilingual high school.
On 30 July 2025 gendarmes from the Haut-Nyong company, led by Chief Warrant Officer Bekonde, dismantled
a cannabis plantation covering nearly 20,000 square metres in a hard-to-reach part of Mindourou in
eastern Cameroon.[1][2]Sub-prefect Jérémie Moamossé and company commander Captain Bidja Bidja Martial
supervised the raid after intelligence pinpointed the field.[1][2]
The teams arrested a suspect known as Jordan, who ran a snack bar beside Mindourou’s bilingual high
school.[1][2]Actu Cameroun said he allegedly sold cannabis, tramadol and other illicit drugs to
pupils from the bar.[1]Lebledparle described the bust as a significant win for the national
gendarmerie’s anti-trafficking work in the region.[2]
Neither outlet reported how many plants were counted or whether other suspects were sought.[1][2]
Case data
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Gendarmes in Mbalmayo arrested Issa A., 26, known as 'Anaconda', in a restaurant on 3 November 2026 and found cannabis, crack, tramadol and diazepam at his home in the Haoussa quarter, which they described as a drug-packaging laboratory. Neither account gave the weight of the Indian hemp or the amount of money seized.
Gendarmes at Gamba's mixed checkpoint in North Cameroon arrested a 21-year-old aide-commerçant travelling from Ngong to Ngaoundéré on the night of 11-12 October 2026. They seized 7 kg of cannabis in 14 packets plus shisha charcoal and tobacco that the suspect said came from Nigeria via Touroua.
On 16 September 2026 gendarmes from the Yokadouma company raided a clandestine cannabis plantation at Massea, about 70 km from Yokadouma, after a four-kilometre trek through forest. They arrested six people, seized seven bags of harvested cannabis, and found a homemade firearm with ten 12-gauge rounds.
A joint customs patrol found 24 sacks of cannabis totalling 2,400 kg hidden under planks and produce in a Mercedes truck near the Bandjoun Museum of Arts on 28 June 2025; the driver's assistant fled and the vehicle was secured for investigation.
