Police seize 1.7 tonnes of cannabis and arrest five in Savè
Benin's republican police seized 1,714.56 kg of cannabis and arrested five people at Djabata Kango in the Savè commune on 11 October 2026. The suspected owners of the plots were absent and are being sought, and about one hectare of the plantations was still to be destroyed.
Police in the Bessé district of Savè, in Benin’s Collines department, seized1,714.56 kg of cannabis and arrested five people on Sunday 11 October 2026.[1][2][3]Officers reached the village of Djabata Kango at about 6am after several weeks of
intelligence work and found people harvesting the crop.[1][2][3]
Four of those arrested were described as labourers; the suspected owners of the
plots were not there and are being sought.[1][3]The harvest filled 60 jute sacks.[2][3]Police also seized a Bajaj motorcycle and three firearms, two hunting rifles
and a 12-gauge gun.[1][3]
The plantations covered more than three hectares, and about one hectare of
cannabis was still standing after the raid.[1][3]The five people and the seized
material were handed to the Central Office for the Suppression of Illicit Drug
Trafficking and Precursors, known as OCERTID.[1][3]
Photos and video
Sacks of cannabis loaded on a pickup and stored indoors after the seizure at Djabata Kango, and the plantation where it was grown.Photo details
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Police in Bantè intercepted a minibus with 1,031 balls of cannabis and arrested two Togolese men after a pursuit on 11 October 2026. The sources describe 11 jute sacks but give no net weight for the cannabis.
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