Entering cocaine has Koungheul
It’s a spectacular seizure. Agents of the Mobile Customs Brigade intercepted Koungheul 210 plates of cocaine pure, weighing 235 kg, concealed in a vehicle coming from a country bordering Senegal.
The announcement was made in a press release published Monday, November 25, 2024, by the communications and public relations department of the General Directorate of Customs of Senegal.
The value estimated at 18.8 billion CFA francs, a record in the fight against drug trafficking in Senegal.
According to customs, a thorough check of the vehicle’s bodywork revealed, between the chassis and the dumpster, a hiding place in which the seized drug packets were hidden.
The driver, identified as a foreign national, was immediately arrested and detained.
The Customs Administration has “reaffirmed its determination to combat transnational organized crime (TOC), particularly international drug trafficking”.
Since the beginning of the 2000s, West Africa has become a privileged zone for the transit of cocaine from Latin America/
Guinea-Bissau, south of Senegalthus played a leading role in the international trafficking of white powder.
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