Man, 53, held after trying to flush 56 g of marijuana in Paramaribo
Suriname's Narcotica Brigade arrested a 53-year-old man at an address on the Bealaan in Paramaribo on 3 November 2026 after he tried and failed to flush 56 grams of marijuana down the toilet. Police held him in verzekering, Suriname's pre-trial custody, after consulting prosecutors.
Suriname’s Narcotica Brigade arrested a 53-year-old man known by the initials
L.A. at an address on the Bealaan in Paramaribo on Tuesday 3 November 2026.[1]Officers went to two neighbouring addresses at the same time after information
developed by the Narcotics Intelligence Unit, the police’s drug intelligence
unit, with support from the Arrestation Team and the Quick Response Team.[1]No drugs or other items were found at the first address.[1]
When L.A. saw the police he ran inside and tried to flush a quantity of
marijuana down the toilet, but did not succeed.[2]Officers seized56 grams of
marijuana in all.[1]
Police took him to the police station to be brought before an officer.[3]After consulting the Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie), police
held him in custody in verzekering, the Surinamese pre-trial detention during an
investigation, pending the inquiry.[3]The police repeated that they will keep
working against the sale and use of drugs.[4]
Photos and video
The only image on the police statement of the Bealaan arrest is the Korps Politie Suriname crest, not a picture of the raid or the seized cannabis.Photo details
The sources give only the Bealaan as the location; the street number, the neighbourhood and which of the two addresses was searched are not published.
No charge, trial date or court outcome is reported; the suspect's detention in verzekering was pending the investigation.
The police did not say what the marijuana was intended for or give a street value.
No photo of this raid or the seized marijuana was published; GFC Nieuws used an illustrative photo and SUN a generic police-car image, so neither is listed as a picture of the event.
All four accounts repeat or reduce the same Korps Politie Suriname statement; no independent on-the-ground reporting was found.
Police arrested two people at Tamansarie on 5 November 2026 after a tip that a dealer was selling drugs from his car near two schools in Tamanredjo. Officers found crack cocaine and marijuana plus packaging material and a precision scale in the car; the suspected seller was detained while the drug user arrested with him was released.
A Surinamese police unit checked drug sales points in Albina and Moengo in Marowijne district on 4 November 2026, firing warning shots in Albina when a suspect ran off into a thicket. In Moengo police held a man known by the initials P.R. with an unspecified amount of hashish, which he said was for his own use, and kept him in pre-trial custody.
Police in eastern Suriname arrested 37-year-old civil servant O.S. in Mariënburg on 31 October 2026 with 72 grams of hashish. He said it was for personal use, but he is also accused of selling drugs to young people and was placed in pretrial detention.
A Suriname police officer was arrested at the Burnside checkpoint in Coronie on 24 August 2026 after officers found two suitcases of suspected marijuana in his vehicle. Police held him in custody and sent the case to their internal investigation department.
