The Police of the Efoulan division in the Yaounde III Subdivision confiscated 4,250 kilograms of Indian hemp, commonly known as marijuana, on Thursday, January 15, 2015, in Etoug-Ebe a neighbouring town of Yaounde.
Among the 15 culprits arrested, two of them were women. Reports say that following investigations by the police, the marijuana was seized in Etoug-Ebe Quartier Joie, Etouge-Ebe Quartier City and Etouge-Ebe TKC.
The police seized 17 sachets of marijuana weighing 250 kgs each from a wholesaler who had transformed his home into a “marijuana wholesale shop” in Etoug-Ebe Quartier Joie.
Still in Quartier Joie, a sack containing eight kilograms of marijuana was seized from the same wholesaler. Apart from the marijuana, the gendarmes also found two suspected stolen motorbikes in the home of the suspect.
Sources close to the police said the marijuana is sold with the help of a boy. At Etouge-Ebe Quartier City, 96 sticks of marijuana, three packets of Benson and Hedges cigarettes loaded with marijuana and 13 ash trays containing cigarettes stumps, sachets of whisky, cartons of drugs like Paracetamol, Tramol, and Diclofenace, among others, were also found.
11 of the arrested were caught in a hall smoking including the two women. Nine mobile phones and an iPad were equally seized. The police also found two big stems of marijuana, playing cards and FCFA 10,550, allegedly from the sale of marijuana.
At Etoug-Ebe TKC, one person was caught with a tray, two sticks of marijuana, and stems.
At the moment, 13 of the suspected marijuana dealers are in police custody in Efoulan and the two others are in the Mewoulou Brigade in Etoug-Ebe. The operation was carried out by a team of 20 police men led by the Company Commander of Yaounde II, Captain Berthelot Ndjima and the Brigade Commanders of Mewoulou and Biyem-Assi.
Gendarmerie investigations are going on to find the other suspects.
