On 28 May 2018, the departmental directorate of Niger’s national police at Abalak seized 44 bricks of cannabis weighing 44 kg at the road barrier on the Tahoua road in Tahoua region.[1] The people implicated were arrested, placed in garde a vue police custody and an investigation was opened.[1]

Officers found the cannabis stock hidden in a basket and covered with tomatoes.[1] It was being transported on a motorcycle travelling from Gaya towards Tibarkatan in the Arlit area.[1] The seizure was attributed to the Abalak departmental police directorate operating at the Tahoua barrier, with the account learned within the national police service.[1]

A few hours later the same day, the regional police directorate at Agadez seized at the Zinder road barrier a Falcon-brand PA-type firearm with its magazine and a box of 47 cartridges hidden in a loudspeaker, along with three uniforms.[1] That firearm seizure included one olive-green combat uniform and two uniforms resembling those of the anti-terrorist and public-order units, and is mentioned here only to explain the joint police announcement.[1]