Ivorian customs officers seized 1,626 kg of cannabis from a motorcyclist at Noé on the Ghana border on 11 January 2022. The carrier and his accomplices were handed to the mixed police of Noé for investigation.
Officers of the Noé customs bureau intercepted a motorcyclist carrying cannabis
at the Côte d’Ivoire–Ghana land border during a routine check.[1]The cannabis
was packed in a carton transported by the motorcyclist and was described as
carefully concealed.[2]Customs detained the carrier together with his
accomplices and handed them to the mixed police of Noé for investigation.[2]
The seizure weighed 1.626 tonne, or 1,626 kilograms, of cannabis recovered from
the carton.[1]The seizure took place on Tuesday 11 January 2022, when customs
officers carried out that routine control at Noé.[2]The discovery was made by
officers serving under General Alphonse Da Pierre during that routine control.[1]
The operation was conducted by agents of the Noé customs bureau at the land
border between Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.[1]Ivorian customs recalled that
beyond its well-known tax mission it also protects public health by controlling
medicine imports, fighting illicit narcoticstrafficking and carrying out
sanitary and phytosanitary checks.[1]
Case data
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Police seized 160.5 kg of cannabis in 160 blocks from a studio in Bimbresso, Songon, on 3 November 2026 and arrested two men. The suspects and drugs were handed to the anti-drug police, who are continuing the investigation.
Ivory Coast's anti-drug units arrested 152 people and destroyed 131 fumoirs, drug-smoking rooms, during Operation Vacances sécurisées 11, the 2026 school-holiday security drive. The prefect of police said the operation seized 774.075 kg of cannabis; he gave the results at Bingerville on 29 October 2026, as he launched its successor, Épervier 12.
The anti-drug unit of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan seized 25.10 kg of cannabis in Grand-Bassam on 22 October 2026 and arrested two people, who were held for investigation. The operation was part of Opération Épervier Spécial.
GRAD officers arrested two people at Mondoukou on 15 October 2026, seizing 53.003 kg of cannabis and 4,808 diverted medicine tablets while destroying seven drug-use dens. The haul was also presented as the unit's cumulative result for 1 to 15 October under Opération Épervier Spécial.
