The Kidira Customs Commercial Brigade seized 1,137.6 kilograms of cocaine on Sunday in a truck coming from a neighboring country, announced a press release from the communication and public relations division of customs.
The 1,137.6 kg of cocaine were ‘packaged in strips and put in bags hidden in the false bottom of a refrigerated truck coming from a country bordering Senegal,’ explains the same source.
She specifies that this is ‘the largest seizure of cocaine by land so far recorded in Senegal’.
”The total value of the drugs seized is estimated at 90 billion 960 million CFA francs. The investigation is ongoing,’ informs the customs communications and public relations division.
The truck, apparently empty, was targeted on the basis of relevant elements before being passed through the customs scanner installed at the exit of Kidira, on the Tambacounda road.
Agents from the Tambacounda customs subdivision seized nearly 92 kg of cocaine in Koumpentoum on March 31.
Customs units in the south-east remain m
obilized to deal with illicit trafficking with determination in accordance with the guidelines given by the Director General of Customs during his recent tour of this customs region, the press release assures.
He adds that ‘these significant seizures of cocaine demonstrate, once again, the commitment of the Customs Administration and beyond, the firm desire of Senegal to fight by all legal means against organized cross-border crime, particularly drug trafficking.
Source: Burkina Information Agency