Woman arrested with 70 cannabis blocks hidden in friperie sacks in Bouaké
The anti-drug cell of the Bouaké gendarmerie arrested a woman selling drugs in the Dar Es Salam quarter on 20 August 2023, seizing 70 blocks of cannabis she had hidden in sacks of second-hand clothes. Officers infiltrated the network before catching her in the act of delivering the load.
🇨🇮 Dar Es Salam quarter, Bouaké, Gbèkè Region · Côte d'Ivoire
Officers of the anti-drug cell of the national gendarmerie in Bouaké arrested a
woman in the Dar Es Salam quarter of Bouaké on Sunday 20 August 2023 and seized
70 blocks of cannabis.[1]She was caught in the act of delivering drugs she
had hidden in second-hand clothing, known in Côte d’Ivoire as friperie.[1]The
gendarmerie said the seller was detained as she was making the delivery, with
the cannabis concealed in sacks of second-hand clothes.[1]
Abidjan.net reported the seizure as coming from official sources, and the
gendarmerie confirmed the account through its own statement.[1]
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Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
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Abidjan.netnews.abidjan.netFRCôte d'Ivoire : 70 Blocs de Cannabis saisis dans des balles de friperies à Bouaké
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No weight or street value was published for the 70 blocks, so no kilograms or amount can be recorded.
The suspect was not named; the reports identify her only as the seller.
No charge, court date or outcome after the arrest was reported.
The article's own 20 August date is the operation date, and both opened reports agree on it.
Both photographs are credited only to Abidjan.net via DR; they are captioned as showing the Bouaké seizure but the reports do not say who took them.
The same Abidjan.net article mentions a separate gendarmerie seizure of a suitcase of drugs at Kanawolo on 29 July 2023, a different event left out of this report.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Koaci: The operation followed an infiltration of a network operating in the Dar Es Salam quarter.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Koaci: One person was arrested without incident and the 70 blocks of cannabis were taken in the operation on Sunday 20 August 2023.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Koaci: Koaci places Bouaké, the second city of Côte d'Ivoire and the capital of the Gbèkè Region, in the centre of the country.
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