Police destroy about a hectare of cannabis and seize over a tonne at Igbodja
Benin's Police républicaine dismantled a cannabis field of about one hectare at Igbodja in the commune of Savè, seized more than a tonne of cannabis ready for sale and arrested four suspects, who were to be sent toward the CRIET court.
Benin’s Police républicaine discovered and dismantled a cannabis field at Igbodja, in the commune of
Savè in the Collines department.[1][2][3]Le Béninois Libéré, citing Le Potentiel, put the plot at
about one hectare and said the harvest seized on site was estimated at more than a tonne of narcotic
product.[1]Africaho and Benin Web TV likewise reported more than a tonne of cannabis ready for
sale.[2][3]
Four people suspected of cultivating and running the plantation were arrested on the spot.[1][2][3]They were held by the police and were expected to be transferred toward the Office central de
répression du trafic illicite des drogues (Ocertid) and then before the Cour de répression des
infractions économiques et du terrorisme (CRIET).[1][2][3]The sources say the field was intended to
supply a local and regional distribution network.[3]
Photos and video
Dense green cannabis plants filling the frame, published with the Igbodja plantation report.Photo details
Police in Houègbo arrondissement detained five people, one of them a woman, in raids on 3 and 6 November 2026 that broke up a suspected counterfeit-money network at Agbotagon. Officers seized 28 sachets of cannabis in the first raid and about 1.5 kg in a shop in the second, alongside counterfeit notes, printing plates and smuggled medicines.
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.
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 arrested a man as he arrived to collect a parcel containing 5.4 kg of suspected cannabis at a Cotonou transport company on 29 September 2026. He said the parcel came from Togo by way of Bassila, and was held while police continued their investigation.
