Police from the Point-E district police station’s research unit stopped an 18-year-old man, identified as O. Wade, on the night of 12 November 2026 in Point-E, Dakar.[1] At around 3 a.m. officers on patrol found the young man near the Le Relais bar-restaurant and, after an identity check, frisked him.[1] The search found six balls of hashish, a string of the same substance and a pack of Rizla rolling papers in his possession.[1] Taken to the police station for questioning, the suspect reportedly admitted owning the drugs and said they were for his personal consumption.[1] He was placed in custody for possession of a hard drug and police opened an investigation into the exact circumstances of the case.[1]
18-year-old stopped with six hashish balls in Point-E, Dakar
Police in Point-E, Dakar, stopped an 18-year-old man on 12 November 2026 and found six balls of hashish, a string of the same substance and a pack of Rizla rolling papers on him. He admitted owning the drugs for personal use and was placed in custody for possession of a hard drug.
🇸🇳 Point-E, Dakar · Senegal
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 1
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Activity
- Possession
- Setting
- Street or public place
- Charge
- possession of a hard drug
- Case stage
- Under investigation
- Region
- Dakar
Sources
- Senewebseneweb.comFRPoint-E : Un jeune de 18 ans interpellé avec six boules de haschich
Open questions the AI reported
- No weight or value for the six balls of hashish or the string of the same substance was published.
- The article gives no separate date for the stop beyond the night of 12 November 2026; 14 November 2026 is the publication date.
- No charges, plea or court outcome were reported; the case was at the investigation stage.
- The English version on Seneweb reproduces the same account as the French version, so it is not an independent second source.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Seneweb: The English version of the same Seneweb account confirms the night of 12 November 2026 stop of O. Wade in Point-E, the seizure of six hashish balls, a string of the same substance and Rizla papers, and his custody for possession of a hard drug.