Civil servant, 37, held with 72 grams of hashish in Mariënburg
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.
🇸🇷 Corner of Zuster Jensenweg and Hoofdweg, Mariënburg · Suriname
Police in eastern Suriname arrested 37-year-old civil servant O.S. on 31 October
on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Act.[1][2]Officers stopped him at the
corner of Zuster Jensenweg and Hoofdweg in Mariënburg.[1]He was carrying a
bag in which the drugs were stored.[1]At the arrest, officers found 72 grams
of hashish on him.[1][2]
During questioning, the civil servant said he had bought the hashish for his own
use.[1]He said he had paid SRD 8,000 for it to a man at the Central Market.[1]Waterkant reported, however, that the man is accused of selling drugs to
young people.[1]He was said to have been stopped by police several times
before on suspicion of drug dealing, but released each time because only small
quantities were found then.[1]
After his arrest, the suspect was taken to the Mariënburg police station.[1]After consultation with the Surinamese Public Prosecution Service, it was
decided to remand the 37-year-old civil servant in custody.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
72 g
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Sale
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Waterkantwaterkant.netNLAmbtenaar met hasj aangehouden, ook verdacht van drugshandel onder jongeren
Drimbledrimble.nlNLAmbtenaar met hasj aangehouden, ook verdacht van drugshandel onder jongeren
No independent weighing of the 72 grams of hashish is reported.
The allegation of selling drugs to young people and prior police stops is attributed only to information received by the newsroom, with no named source.
The second opened page is a reprint of the same Waterkant account, so it does not provide independent confirmation.
No charge beyond suspicion under the Narcotics Act and no court outcome are reported yet.
The Drimble page shows only a truncated teaser ending with outstanding text about the Zuster Jensenweg stop and refers readers to the original source for the rest.
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.
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.
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.
