Dakar’s regional drug squad arrested a woman after seizing a parcel sent from the United States.[1] Officers traced the parcel to the home of its addressee, described as the sender’s wife, in a controlled delivery organised with the usual courier.[1] The woman was detained in her apartment at the moment she received the parcel.[1] She told investigators she acted as an intermediary receiving parcels her husband sent from the United States.[1] She said another person came to collect part of each delivery while she kept the rest.[1]
The parcel contained 10.60 kilograms of hashish, the cannabis component recorded here.[2] The same parcel also held 193 grams of white powder suspected to be cocaine and 170 grams of beige sweets suspected to contain MDMA, noted only to explain the mixed seizure and excluded from the cannabis figure.[3] The case began at about 5 p.m. after a New York-Dakar groupage service alerted officers to suspect goods in a parcel entrusted to it.[1] Investigators went to the carrier’s shop and confirmed the suspect products inside the parcel.[1] A later search of her apartment found underwear and other items similar to those in the parcel.[1]
A GP is a private groupage parcel-forwarding service, here linking New York and Dakar.[3] The woman was placed in custody for alleged criminal association, possession and international drug trafficking and money laundering.[1] The seized products and objects were placed under seal and inquiries were continuing to identify others who may have been involved.[1]