More than 85 kg of suspected hashish seized with a truck in Murqub
Libya's Interior Ministry said its anti-drugs agency seized more than 85 kg of suspected hashish on 25 October 2026, moving from the east toward the centre and west. The stop, with the Murqub branch and a public prosecutor, also took the truck and the people in the gang. No names or exact count were given.
🇱🇾 Murqub, on a route from eastern Libya toward the centre and west · Libya
- Cannabis
- 85 kg
The Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Agency of Libya’s Interior Ministry seized more than 85 kilograms of a substance suspected to be hashish on Sunday 25 October 2026.[1] The Libyan News Agency said the load was being moved from eastern Libya toward the central and western regions.[1]
The Interior Ministry said the stop followed a penetration of a gang through a security source, under a public prosecutor, and with the Murqub branch and the Intervention and Control Force.[1] Officers seized the gang’s members and the truck that carried the hashish.[1] The statement names no one and gives no count of the people held.[1]
Sources
- وزارة الداخلية : جهاز مكافحة المخدرات يضبط أكثر من 85 كيلوغرامًا من الحشيش. وكالة الأنباء الليبية, 25 October 2026. In Arabic.
Open questions the AI reported
- Only the Libyan News Agency account of the Interior Ministry statement was found.
- The weight is more than 85 kg of material suspected to be hashish. No exact weight was given.
- The people arrested were not named or counted. The statement says the gang's members and the truck were seized.
- The stop is tied to the Murqub branch. The road or town was not named. The map uses Khoms, the district centre.
- A photograph on the agency page could not be opened, so it is not listed.
