Customs officers at Blaise Diagne International Airport arrested the foreign dual-national owner of two suspect suitcases on 2 October 2025.[1] The man had arrived from an Asian country and was travelling toward a country bordering Senegal via the airport.[2] Officers handed the suspect over to the Mbour prosecutor for further judicial proceedings.[2]
The Customs Tourism Brigade seized 59 packets of cannabis resin, commonly called hashish, weighing a total of 32.686 kg from the two accompanied suitcases.[1] Officers had targeted and isolated the two accompanied bags using objective targeting criteria and investigation techniques, and their passage through the scanner revealed suspicious signs.[1] When the owner opened the suitcases, officers found the drug packets concealed inside.[1] Laboratory analysis by the National Laboratory of the Technical and Scientific Police Division confirmed that the substance was hashish.[2]
The customs directorate said the seizure formed part of its operations against international drug trafficking.[1] It restated its determination to confront transnational organized crime and combat illicit trafficking in all its forms.[1]
