Police seize 80 blocks of cannabis in an Orbaf house raid
At dawn on 14 October 2026 the GRAD Spécial drug unit searched a house in Orbaf, near Dabou, and arrested two people with 80 blocks of cannabis and 14 balloons of OG Kush. Young men tried to stop the police leaving. No one was reported hurt.
At 4:45 on Wednesday 14 October 2026, officers of the GRAD Spécial, the special anti-drug squad, entered the village of Orbaf, in the Dabou area, under an operation called Épervier Spécial.[1][2]A reconnaissance had already pointed them to a house suspected of holding drugs.[1][2]
At 5:00 they searched the house in the presence of one occupant.[1][2]They found 80 blocks of cannabis and 14 balloons of a cannabis variety they called OG Kush.[1][2]Two people who were in the house were arrested.[1][2]
As the officers prepared to leave with the two and the drugs, a group of young men from the village tried to stop them.[1][2]Some had sticks and stones, and some had blades.[1][2]The police got out of Orbaf with the suspects and the seizure.[1][2]Neither report records an injury or damage.[1][2]The inquiry was continuing, to identify anyone else involved.[1][2]
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