A mobile customs unit stopped a ride-hailing car coming from Aboisso on the Moossou bridge and found 78 balls and 40 slabs of cannabis, 74 kg in all. The driver and two passengers were detained.
🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
A mobile customs unit stopped a ride-hailing car coming from Aboisso on the Moossou bridge and found 78 balls and 40 slabs of cannabis, 74 kg in all.[1]
The driver and two passengers were detained.[1]
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