Benin customs seize 37 kg of cannabis in bus at Wereke
Benin customs seized 37 kg of cannabis from a Togo-origin bus at Wereke on the Djougou–N'Dali road on 22 January 2020. The Rapid Intervention Service of Borgou-Alibori found the drugs concealed in the vehicle after intelligence it received.
Benin customs officers of the Borgou-Alibori Rapid Intervention Service seized
drugs from a bus on Wednesday 22 January 2020.[1]The unit intercepted a bus
coming from Togo on the Djougou–N’Dali road at Wereke.[1]
The seizure totalled 37 kg of chanvre indien, the French term for cannabis.[1]The operation was conducted under Borgou-Alibori customs chief Colonel Charles
Sacca Boco and led on the ground by Commander Sadeck Orou Guidou.[1]The
traffickers had carefully concealed the prohibited goods inside the vehicle.[1]Customs recovered the 37 kg through vigilance and intelligence received by
Commander Orou Guidou and his officers, according to information relayed by
national radio.[1]
Bénin Web TV says the seizure followed intelligence received and carried out the
order of the director general of customs, Comptroller General Inoussa Bocco
Sacca.[2]Bénin Web TV says the traffickers would be placed at the disposal of
the police for possible criminal proceedings.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Neither account gives a number of people detained or arrested, so no arrested figure is recorded.
Bénin Web TV's introduction mentions 17 kg, but its detailed account and La Nouvelle Tribune both give 37 kg, which this report uses.
The bus is described only as a bus from Togo by La Nouvelle Tribune and as a Nigerien bus from Togo by Bénin Web TV; the report attributes that detail.
No charges, custody decision or court outcome were reported.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Bénin Web TV: Bénin Web TV describes the vehicle as a Nigerien bus coming from Togo.
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.
Republican Police in Tohouè, Sèmè-Podji, seized 265.24 kg of Indian hemp from a Toyota Highlander during a night operation on 28-29 August 2026 after a tip about trafficking by sea. The driver and loaders fled and remained wanted while police investigated the shipment's origin and destination.
Republican Police found 973.65 kg of Indian hemp in 25 bags in a makeshift seaside house at Krakè-Plage on 23 July 2026. No suspects were present, and officers secured the drugs plus cash and equipment pending judicial proceedings.
Police in Bembèrèkè seized six jute sacks of cannabis with about 600 kg of estimated capacity from a bush cache near Pédarou on 28 June 2026. No suspects were arrested, and the alleged traffickers remain wanted while the sealed goods await judicial proceedings.
