Gendarmes detained van occupant Abdoulaye Sylla as the main suspect in the trafficking case and he remained in gendarmerie custody.[1] His alleged accomplices escaped during the seizure operation and the drugs’ owners remained at large while investigations continued.[1] Kindia prosecutor Amadou Diallo asked the gendarmerie company commander to expedite the inquiry so the main suspect could be tried quickly.[2]
The seizure occurred during a territorial-gendarmerie patrol on Monday 17 May in the district of Fossèkhouré in the rural commune of Mambia, Kindia prefecture.[2] Officers seized a total of 2,340 kg, or 2 tonnes 340 kilograms, of cannabis concealed in 110 cartons.[3] The cannabis was being carried in a van travelling from Forécariah toward Conakry.[3] The vehicle was intercepted at Fossikhouré in the Mambia sub-prefecture.[1]
Prosecutors weighed the load in the presence of regional gendarmerie authorities, confirming 2,340 kilograms of cannabis.[2] The prosecutor said the drugs would be incinerated quickly and the van confiscated outright for the state.[2] The operation was carried out by Kindia’s territorial gendarmerie and its research brigade.[1]
