On the evening of 2 November 2026, the research brigade of the Ndorong district police station arrested one man in the Kasnac neighbourhood of Kaolack for suspected possession and trafficking of Indian hemp, the name used in Senegal for cannabis.[1] Police said the stop followed a tip about a cannabis-trafficking network on the road between the Dakar garage and the Occass market.[2]
A search found 15 cones of Indian hemp wrapped in white paper on him.[2] Officers then searched his room and found five further blocks of Indian hemp, a bag of cash they believed came from drug sales, two pairs of scissors, a mobile phone and a large quantity of kraft paper like that used to wrap the cones.[2] Seneweb reported that the five blocks weighed 3 kilograms and 50 grams and that the cash seized was 66,000 CFA francs.[1] Police also seized 66,000 CFA francs, which they treated as likely proceeds of drug sales.[1] The police account put the seizure at 3.7 kilograms of the drug and 15 cones.[2]
He was taken to the police station and placed in custody, and the drugs were sealed.[2] Seneweb said he told investigators he bought the cannabis from a supplier in Sokone at 50,000 CFA francs a kilogram in order to resell it.[1] The public prosecutor was informed and an investigation was opened to identify the supplier.[1]
