Bouaké: National Police chief launches Operation Epervier 12 to dismantle criminal networks

Operation Epervier 12 was launched in Bouaké on October 29, 2026, in the presence of the Minister of the Interior and Security and General Youssouf Kouyaté, director general of the National Police. It brings together the National Police, Gendarmerie, FACI, Water and Forests, Customs, and Civil Protection, and is also being conducted in eleven other police prefectures. The forces are tasked with destroying drug dens, dismantling human-trafficking networks, and combating substandard and falsified medicines. Kouyaté urged residents to provide information and report anything suspicious.