Seventeen cannabis packages seized at Mwene-Ditu railway station
Security services intercepted 17 packages of cannabis at the SNCC freight yard in Mwene-Ditu on 4 September 2026 as they were about to leave by train toward Katanga. Mayor Gérard Tshibanda Kabwe watched them burned at city hall alongside urban security council members and SNCC officials.
🇨🇩 SNCC railway station, Mwene-Ditu, Lomami · DR Congo
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Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Case stage
Under investigation
Security services in the railway town of Mwene-Ditu, Lomami province, seized 17 packages of
cannabis at the yard of the Société nationale des chemins de fer du Congo (SNCC) while the
drugs were on a freight train preparing to head toward Katanga.[1][2]
On Friday 4 September 2026 the packages were burned on the grounds of Mwene-Ditu city hall
in the presence of mayor Gérard Tshibanda Kabwe, members of the urban security council and
local SNCC managers.[1][2]Express Medias noted that trading the substance is banned under
Congolese law.[2]
7sur7 said the incineration formed part of municipal efforts against cannabis circulation,
sale and use, which Kabwe has treated as a priority since taking office because of the
drug’s impact on youth.[1]The reports name no suspects or charges.[1][2]
Photos and video
Cannabis packages before incineration at Mwene-Ditu city hall, shown with 7sur7 coverage of the SNCC seizure.Photo details
Security services incinerated at least five sacks of hemp seized from shops in Biakato, along with high-strength alcohol and expired goods, at a public ceremony at the local stadium on 7 October 2026; no sellers were named or arrested in the reports.
On 16 December 2025 Kinshasa’s judicial police narcotics unit seized 56 sacks of cannabis hidden in a container during checks at Mitendi, west of the capital, and arrested suppliers with more sacks and kraft paper used for retail packs.
On 14 March 2025 police in Matadi arrested Mavambu Kitsofi, alias Muke Tonga, and FARDC adjutant Barumé Moïse during Operation Ndobo, seizing 10 sacks of cannabis and kraft paper rolls used for retail packaging.
Customs officers at N'djili airport in Kinshasa seized 476 cartons holding 2,985 kilograms of cannabis biomass that was about to be exported without a declaration. The DGDA named Instadose Pharma DRC SARL as exporter and said the firm had medical cannabis licences but no export authorisation.
