Six held as gendarmes seize seven bags of cannabis near Yokadouma
On 16 September 2026 gendarmes from the Yokadouma company raided a clandestine cannabis plantation at Massea, about 70 km from Yokadouma, after a four-kilometre trek through forest. They arrested six people, seized seven bags of harvested cannabis, and found a homemade firearm with ten 12-gauge rounds.
Gendarmes from the Yokadouma company struck a clandestine cannabis plantation on 16 September
2026 at Massea, a locality about 70 kilometres from Yokadouma in Cameroon’s East Region.[1][2]
To reach the site they travelled nearly four kilometres through forest.[1][2]The raid ended with
six arrests and the seizure of seven bags of harvested cannabis.[1][2]Officers also recovered a
homemade firearm and ten 12-gauge cartridges at the plantation.[1][2]
The company commander said the action formed part of Operation Tentacules, ordered by the
Gendarmerie hierarchy to reinforce action against psychotropic substances, and that similar
operations would intensify across the department.[1][2] The sources name no cultivators beyond
those arrested and give no weight in kilograms for the seized bags.
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Gendarmes at the Massea plantation site near Yokadouma, in a photo published with the Cameroon Press report.Photo details
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