Three held as police seize 425.9 kg of cannabis in Petite-Anse raid
Cap-Haïtien police raided a house in the Petite-Anse coastal community before dawn on 27 July 2025, seizing 425.9 kg of cannabis and 525,245 gourdes (about US$4,000) and arresting three women. The raid by anti-narcotics and judicial police units was one of the largest cannabis seizures in the area that year.
🇭🇹 Petite-Anse, Cap-Haïtien, Nord · Haiti
Arrested
3
Cannabis
425.9 kg
Cash confiscated
HTG 525,245
Agencies
Office for the Fight against Drug Trafficking (BLTS), Departmental Judicial Police Service (SDPJ) +2
Cap-Haïtien police detained three people during a 3:00 a.m. raid on a residence
in the Petite-Anse coastal community on 27 July 2025.[1]The three suspects
were arrested inside the house and police identified them as women aged 60, 38
and 34.[1]Officers seized425.9 kg of cannabis and 525,245 gourdes, about
US$4,000, and the Haitian Times called it one of the largest cannabis busts in
the area that year.[1]
Police also confiscated three motorcycles, a bicycle, a solar panel, a
television and several mobile phones.[1]The operation was carried out jointly
by the Office for the Fight against Drug Trafficking (BLTS), the Departmental
Judicial Police Service (SDPJ), the Departmental Unit for the Maintenance of
Order (UDMO) and the Intervention Brigade (BI).[1]Le P’tit Journal Haïti
reported that the three suspects were being held in police custody awaiting a
hearing by the departmental judicial police.[2]The BLTS said it was still
investigating the case and had not commented further on the raid.[1]
UN News, in a November 2025 review of Haitian trafficking trends, recorded 426
kg of cannabis confiscated at Petite-Anse near Cap-Haïtien two weeks after a
record cocaine seizure at Île de la Tortue.[3]
Photos and video
Cannabis weighing 425.9 kg laid out after the Cap-Haïtien police raid in Petite-Anse on 27 July 2025. Photo: Haitian National PolicePhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Cannabis
425.9 kg
Cash confiscated
HTG 525,245
Agencies
Office for the Fight against Drug Trafficking (BLTS); Departmental Judicial Police Service (SDPJ); Unité Départementale de Maintien de l’Ordre (UDMO); Intervention Brigade (BI)
UN Newsnews.un.orgRecord cocaine seizure in Haitian waters underlines country’s ‘pivotal’ trafficking role
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UN News gives the amount as 426 kg, while the Haitian Times and Le P'tit Journal Haïti report 425.9 kg; the coarser 426 kg figure may be rounded or may reflect an official total, and the report uses 425.9 kg.
The UN page dates the seizure only to "two weeks" after a July cocaine seizure; 27 July 2025 is taken from the Haitian Times and Le P'tit Journal accounts.
No charges or court outcome were reported; the three suspects were in police custody awaiting a hearing when the accounts were published.
The cash amount, 525,245 gourdes, is recorded as stated in Haitian gourdes; the dollar equivalent of about US$4,000 is the Haitian Times' own conversion.
Chopda Rural police raided forest land at Khanayapadaw on 11 November 2026 and seized 1,870 kg of ganja-like plants police valued at Rs 4.67 crore. The accused cultivator fled and no arrest was reported; samples were kept for chemical testing.
BLTS agents and the Haitian Coast Guard seized nearly 66 bales of marijuana weighing 333.795 kg at Grand-Barrière, Île-à-Vache, on 24 October 2026, arresting 22-year-old Medjine Duborsse of Tiburon and recovering a 9mm Springfield pistol. Field tests were positive.
A US Coast Guard detachment from USS Billings stopped a drug vessel about eight miles off Mole Saint-Nicolas on 30 April 2026 with Haitian permission, finding about 3,200 pounds (1,451 kg) of marijuana worth $3.8 million. One suspect was detained and handed to Haitian police on 3 May with the drugs.
The United States Coast Guard stopped a vessel about eight nautical miles off Môle- Saint-Nicolas carrying about 3,200 pounds of marijuana, valued at 3.8 million dollars, and detained one person. The cargo and the suspect were handed to the Haitian authorities for prosecution.
