Over 100 kg of cannabis seized near Tahoua; suspects handed to OCRTIS
Water and Forests officers arrested suspected traffickers at Toudoun Doki near Tahoua and seized more than 100 kg of cannabis valued at over 10 million CFA francs. Those held were handed to the OCRTIS anti-drug office in Tahoua for investigation.
🇳🇪 Toudoun Doki, near Tahoua · Niger
Cannabis
100 kg
Vehicles confiscated
2
Agencies
Direction régionale des Eaux et Forêts de Tahoua, OCRTIS Tahoua
A Water and Forests patrol arrested the traffickers, including a woman already
known to police, at the village of Toudoun Doki, 5 km from the town of Tahoua.[1]Those arrested were handed over to officers of the Central Office for the
Repression of Drug Trafficking (OCRTIS), Tahoua branch, for investigation.[1]
Water and Forests officers in the Tahoua region seized more than 100 kg of
cannabis, which they valued at more than 10 million CFA francs, together with
two motorbikes, three mobile phones and a sum of money.[1]The governor of the
Tahoua region, Colonel-Major Oumarou Tawayé, visited the scene to congratulate
the Water and Forests officers for their bravery and professionalism.[1]
He praised the work of the defence and security forces in fighting drug
trafficking and terrorism, which he described as closely linked.[1]The
governor called for stronger cooperation between the security forces and
citizens to report and prevent such activity.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the report on the Tahoua cannabis seizure. Photo: JD NigerPhoto details
The report says more than 100 kg and more than 10 million CFA francs, so the recorded 100 kg and 10,000,000 XOF are minimum figures, not exact measured amounts.
The report says traffickers were arrested, including a woman known to police, but gives no number of people arrested, so no arrested figure is recorded.
The report mentions three mobile phones and a sum of money seized, but the money has no stated amount and phones have no tracker figure, so neither is quantified in figures.
No separate time of the patrol is given beyond 14 February 2024, the date of both the operation and publication.
Only one accessible source for this event was found; a possibly related second account could not be opened, so its details could not be used.
The Water and Forests brigade chief's account of 50 cannabis bricks, fraudulent fuel and tortoises seized in recent months concerns separate operations and is left out of this event's figures.
Niamey Customs Brigade officers intercepted 154 balls of cannabis about 22 km south of the Kouré checkpoint on 9 September 2026, a haul Customs called a brigade record. Acting on prior intelligence, officers stopped the suspect cargo before it continued; no arrests were reported.
Police in Tamaské, Tahoua region, seized 45 kg of cannabis and arrested two suspects on 22 April 2026. Local and departmental authorities praised the operation as a blow to trafficking networks and urged residents to report suspicious activity.
Niger's OCRTIS anti-narcotics office dismantled a transnational cannabis network on 31 March 2026 when a routine check of an Algerian-registered truck bound for Tamanrasset found 154 bricks and 28 balls of cannabis hidden in a chassis compartment and spare tyres. Ten people aged 16 to 42 were detained; the load was valued at more than 30 million CFA francs.
Niger's anti-drug office, OCRTIS, arrested two suspected members of a cross-border cannabis network in Konni, Tahoua Region, one of them a Nigerian courier stopped at Saléoua. The case began with 44.225 kg of cannabis resin found in Konni on 30 October and ended with some 57 kg of cannabis seized in all, alongside tens of thousands of psychotropic pills.
