Officers of the Matam central police station detained two suspected drug traffickers in the operation.[1] The parcels and the concession’s senior representative were presented to the press on Monday 23 October 2023.[1] Police said the suspects and the six bags would be placed at the disposal of the prosecutor at the Mafanco court of first instance.[1] The concession head denied ownership and said the drugs belonged to his nephew Mohamed Camara, who lives in Dabondy and does not work.[2] He said he had been asleep when his nephew brought the parcels in and that he asked him to remove them after learning they held cannabis, before police arrived that morning.[2]

Officers seized six bags holding about 700 kilograms of cannabis in a household at Matam on the morning of Monday 23 October 2023.[2] The seizure was made by agents of the Matam central police station.[2] A second account describes the place as the Soumah family concession known as Mafereinyah.[1] The operation took place at Tougui Wondy in Matam commune.[1] The team continued the same investigation at about 3 a.m. on the basis of intelligence, finding the six bags in the concession of Fodé Soumah managed by the eldest son called Maférinyah.[1]

Commissioner Mohamed Lamine Conté said the seizure followed a requisition from the Matam mayor to clear coastal areas of cannabis-use shelters.[2] The commissioner said the six bags were seized on the basis of intelligence in the concession of Fodé Soumah called Maferinyah.[2]