Two Nigerians arrested in Dakar with 67.4 g of cannabis
Gendarmes of Senegal's anti-drug group GLAD arrested two Nigerian nationals on 7 and 9 October 2026 in Grand-Yoff and Parcelles Assainies. Searches found a few grams of cocaine and 67.4 grams of cannabis, and both men were held pending a court appearance.
🇸🇳 Grand-Yoff and Parcelles Assainies, Dakar · Senegal
Two Nigerian nationals were arrested by the Groupe de Lutte Anti Drogue (GLAD)
on 7 and 9 October 2026, the first individual in Grand-Yoff and the second
individual in Parcelles Assainies.[1]The arrests were made in the framework
of the fight against the trafficking of narcotics.[1]The Groupe de Lutte Anti
Drogue is a unit of the gendarmerie.[2]
On 7 October 2026 the gendarmes of GLAD arrested the first individual in
Grand-Yoff, and he was pursued for suspected drug trafficking and for criminal
association.[2]On 9 October 2026 GLAD arrested a second individual, also a
Nigerian national, in Parcelles Assainies for possession of chanvre indien.[2]
The searches carried out by the gendarmes led to the discovery and seizure of a
few grams of cocaine and more than sixty-seven grams of chanvre indien, stated
as 67.4 grams.[1]The two people under suspicion were placed in police custody
and were waiting there to be presented to the judicial authorities.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
67.4 g
Agency
Groupe de Lutte Anti Drogue (GLAD)
Agency type
Gendarmerie
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (67.4 g)
Activity
Trafficking, Possession
Charges
drug trafficking and criminal association; possession of chanvre indien
Case stage
Under investigation
Operation
7 Oct 2026 – 9 Oct 2026
Region
Dakar
Sources
Actusenactusen.snFRLutte contre le trafic de drogue : deux individus interpellés avec de la cocaïne et du chanvre indien à Grand Yoff et aux Parcelles Assainies
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Open questions the AI reported
The accounts do not say which search produced the 67.4 grams of cannabis and which produced the cocaine.
No names, ages or exact addresses of the two men were published.
No court outcome after police custody was reported.
The cocaine was described only as a few grams and is not counted in the cannabis weight.
The two arrests were on different days and may be separate cases announced together; this report follows the gendarmerie communiqué in treating them as one result.
Police from the Thiaroye arrondissement station arrested a suspected drug dealer in Wakhinane, Dakar, seizing 67.85 kg of cannabis from his car. Officers staked out the alley following an intelligence tip-off, chased down the fleeing driver, and impounded the vehicle along with tools and an unstated sum of cash.
On 7 November 2026, Faidherbe gendarmes arrested 34-year-old Guinean watchman A. Camara near Dakar's Autonomous Port with 500 g of cannabis plus 13 retail sachets. He admitted trafficking and was held in custody while police hunt his alleged supplier.
Parcelles Assainies police arrested nine people in a three-day anti-drug operation at cité Mixta and Gueule Tapée market in Dakar from 30 October to 1 November 2026. Officers seized 69 cannabis cones and 5 grams of hashish plus 12 tramadol and Alpraz tablets, then referred all nine suspects to the prosecutor on 3 November.
Senegal's Ocrtis arrested two suspected intermediaries in Dakar after 32 balls of hashish were found hidden in shoe soles in a Casablanca-Dakar parcel. A controlled delivery with substituted goods led to the arrests on 1 November, while the final recipient was still sought.
