Malian customs seize 104 cannabis balls from two trucks
On 25 July 2025 Mali’s customs intelligence service intercepted two freight trucks from a neighbouring country and seized 104 balls of cannabis hidden in fitted compartments. No official weight was announced and no arrests were reported in the accounts.
Mali’s customs intelligence and anti-fraud directorate intercepted two freight
trucks arriving from a neighbouring country on 25 July 2025, seizing 104 balls
of cannabis concealed in fitted compartments inside the vehicles.[1][2]Officers
acted on targeted intelligence, identifying, locating and checking the suspect
vehicles on a cross-border axis and extracting the cannabis from hides built
into the trucks’ structure.[1][2]Reflet Info independently records the same 25
July 2025 interception of 104 cannabis balls hidden in two trucks from a
neighbouring country.[3]
The cannabis was carefully hidden in compartments fitted to avoid detection.[3]Sputnik Afrique reports the illegal cargo was hidden in two goods trucks
from a neighbouring country.[4]It adds that the two suspect vehicles were
identified, located and checked, and that the balls hidden in fitted
compartments were intended to supply criminal networks in Mali.[4]
Bamada.net states that no official communication gave the exact weight, offering
only its own estimate of 700 kg to 1,800 kg and a market value of 150,000 to
400,000 US dollars, which is not treated as an official figure.[1]
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No official weight was published for the 104 balls, so no kilograms can be recorded; the 700 kg to 1,800 kg range is the outlet's own extrapolation and is excluded.
The 150,000 to 400,000 US dollar market value is the outlet's estimate from sub-regional prices, not an official valuation, and is excluded.
No arrests, driver identities, charges or court outcome were reported.
The exact interception site is not named beyond a cross-border axis and a neighbouring country that is not named, so Mali with country precision is used as the place.
Other seizures mentioned as background, including earlier cannabis and cocaine cases in Mali and regional totals, are separate events left out here.
The text gives a weight ("700 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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