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Malagasy gendarmes uproot ten hectares of cannabis in a protected area

In an operation from 4 to 15 July in the protected zone of Mount Tsaratanàna, in Ambanja district, twenty gendarmes and four agents of Madagascar National Parks uprooted about 600,000 cannabis plants on ten hectares and burned 950 kg of dried cannabis. The growers fled as the patrols arrived and no one was arrested. In December 2025 the gendarmerie in the Sofia region burned 1,440 kg seized over six months around Antsohihy, where ten people had been arrested.[1][2]

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References

  1. L'Express de Madagascar — Stupéfiant: une plantation de cannabis sur dix hectares rasée (July 2024)archived
  2. L'Express de Madagascar via AllAfrica — Antsohihy: plus d'une tonne de marijuana saisie en six mois (11 December 2025)archived

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