Yaounde: Gendarmes nab suspected cannabis cultivators

Five individuals have been arrested for alleged drug cultivation and trafficking by gendarmes of the first gendarmerie region and judicial police in Yaounde.

The men were caught at Nelly Bar in the Nkomo vicinity of the Yaounde IV district after several complaints of attacks and insecurity from the population. During the special operation on August 5th 2022, 50 grams of cocaine, cannabis, SIM cards and other weapons were seized.

During questioning, the suspects: one drug dealer and four consumers disclosed they had a cannabis farm not far from their hideout. The farm was set ablaze and the drugs destroyed. The SIM cards in their possession were used to extort money from mobile operators through the “calling-calling” form of thievery they initiated.

Findings are on course to dismantle a probable drug network in the Nkomo neighbourhood