300 kilograms of cocaine has been intercepted by Senegalese Customs. Those responsible for this catch are members of the commercial brigade of Kidira, which is subordinate to the Directorate of Customs Operations and the Regional Directorate of Customs for the South-East.
It was gathered that these economic troops stopped a truck that was headed toward Mali. The thorough examination of this vehicle allowed for the discovery of this significant quantity of hard drugs.
The 300 kg of cocaine were concealed inside the truck’s double-welded metal bottom. The driver and his apprentice were apprehended and brought into custody for the duration of the investigation following this revelation.
“The said seizure is estimated at twenty-four billion CFA francs. It is the largest seizure of cocaine made inside the national territory by a security service after that made at the port in 2019”.
Recent drug seizures in West African nations suggest that the region has become a hub for international traffickers. Drug traffickers frequently use Africa as a bridge between South America and Europe.
In October 2021, Senegal’s navy seized more than 2 tons of cocaine from a ship transporting the illegal substance off the coast of the West African nation. Five crew members were arrested from the vessel named La Rosa.
Despite the fact that Africa does not produce cocaine, a recent rise in seizures implies that the continent, and particularly its western portion, is becoming more important as a transit zone for the trafficking of drugs between countries in Latin America and Europe.
For the entire continent of Africa, the annual cocaine seizures between 1998 and 2003 averaged around 0.6 metric tons (mt). According to early data for 2007, Western Africa is definitely becoming a crucial staging area on the road from South America to the expanding cocaine market in Europe.
A record amount of 5.7 Metric Tons of cocaine was captured in African nations during the first nine months of 2007.