Driver held as 650 kg cannabis seized in taxi in Danyi
Gendarmerie officers in Danyi-Elavagnon seized 650 kg of cannabis in plaques packed in 11 bags from a taxi on 24 December 2020. The taxi driver was arrested while the courier fled, and an investigation to find him and the recipients was under way.
🇹🇬 Danyi-Elavagnon, Danyi Prefecture, Plateaux Region · Togo
A National Gendarmerie patrol from the Danyi-Elavagnon territorial brigade
stopped a taxi carrying cannabis at about 2:30 a.m. on Thursday 24 December
2020.[1][2]Officers arrested the driver, identified as Y. Kokou.[1]The
courier travelling with the load, identified only as Edem, fled when he saw the
brigade officers.[1]
The seizure totalled 650 kilograms of cannabis in plaque form, packed in 11
bags.[1]A second account describes the same Danyi-Elavagnon patrol seizing
more than 650 kg of cannabis from a taxi at the same time.[3]That account
confirms the seizure was made by the patrol of the Danyi-Elavagnon territorial
brigade.[3]
The Gendarmerie said the driver admitted that he knowingly transported the load.[1]Investigators were continuing work to find the escaped courier and the
intended recipient or recipients of the cannabis.[1][2]
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The cannabis seized by the National Gendarmerie after the Danyi-Elavagnon taxi stop. Photo: DRPhoto details
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