1.6 tonnes of cannabis from Bui network burned at Nsam in Yaounde
Cameroon publicly burned 62 bags of cannabis weighing 1,614.8 kg and valued at about 400 million francs at the Nsam dump in Yaounde on 30 July 2024, in the presence of the territorial administration minister. The cannabis had been tracked from Bui Division, and five traffickers were apprehended.
On Tuesday 30 July 2024 the Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, supervised the public destruction of 62 bags of cannabis at the Nsam dump site in Yaounde.[1][2][3]The cannabis weighed 1,614.8 kg and was estimated at about 400 million francs CFA.[1][2][3]The minister was accompanied by the Centre Region governor, the Mfoundi divisional officer and subdivision heads, before the press.[1][2]
Security and administrative officials had tracked the consignment from Bui Division in the North West region to Yaounde, uncovering a network that operates through Noun Division toward the Far North region.[1][2]Five traffickers involved in the activity were apprehended.[1]
Atanga Nji commended the joint collaboration of the forces of law and order and the administrative authorities, and urged them to step up the fight against drug trafficking and to block its routes.[1][2]He said destroying the drugs publicly sent a strong message that the authorities were more determined than ever to eradicate the trafficking.[2]
Case data
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On 3 December 2025 Bafoussam customs officers seized 40 kilograms of Indian hemp hidden in a suitcase on a bus from Bamenda to Yaoundé. They arrested the suitcase's owner and were to present him to the prosecutor at the Bafoussam court of first instance.
A joint customs patrol found 24 sacks of cannabis totalling 2,400 kg hidden under planks and produce in a Mercedes truck near the Bandjoun Museum of Arts on 28 June 2025; the driver's assistant fled and the vehicle was secured for investigation.
Cameroon customs officers seized 45 kg of cannabis hidden in slipper bales on a Nigeria-Ekok bus at Ekok on 20 June 2025. The Nigerian owner was arrested and said the load was bound for traffickers in Douala.
Gendarmes of the Njimom brigade stopped a lorry at the Manki checkpoint in the Noun department of the West region and found 50 sacks of cannabis hidden among cartons of soap. The driver and two other men were detained, and the defence ministry said they and the cargo would be handed to the courts.
