Mbour Gendarmerie seizes 840 kg of cannabis, seven arrested
Between 15 and 18 March 2026, the Mbour Gendarmerie seized a total of 840 kg of chanvre indien, or cannabis, in a series of operations: 510 kg from Casamance and 330 kg from a stash house at Nguékokh. Seven people were arrested and are being prosecuted for criminal association and drug trafficking.
Between 15 and 18 March 2026 the Brigade de Recherches of the Mbour Gendarmerie
company seized a total of 840 kilograms of chanvre indien, the French term for
cannabis.[1]
On 15 March, officers intercepted a 510-kilogram load of cannabis coming from
Casamance and arrested the owner and the piroguier, a canoe driver.[1]On 17
March, a second raid at Nguékokh, where a house was identified as a stash,
seized a further 330 kilograms and immobilised two transport vehicles.[1]
In total, seven people were arrested and are being prosecuted for criminal
association and drug trafficking.[1]At the 17 March raid, five individuals
were arrested on the spot at the Nguékokh house used as a base.[2]The
suspects are being prosecuted for criminal association and drug trafficking.[2]Seven people were arrested in total in this affair linked to a structured
drug-trafficking network.[3]Altogether, the different operations removed more
than 840 kilograms of cannabis from circulation, dealing a significant blow to
the trafficking network.[4]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
7
Cannabis
840 kg
Agency
Gendarmerie de Mbour
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (840 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Home, Vehicle
Charge
criminal association and drug trafficking
Case stage
Under investigation
Force
No force reported
Operation
15 Mar 2026 – 18 Mar 2026
Region
Thiès
Sources
NDARINFOndarinfo.comFRMbour : Saisie spectaculaire de 840 kg de chanvre indien par la Gendarmerie
Leral.netleral.netFRMbour: Plus de 800 kg de chanvre indien saisis, un réseau structuré démantelé
SeneNewssenenews.comFRMbour : Un réseau de trafic démantelé, plus de 800 kg de chanvre indien saisis. Les accusés vont vous choquer !
RTSrts.snFRTRAFIC DE DROGUE À MBOUR : PLUS DE 840 KG DE CHANVRE INDIEN SAISIS, PLUSIEURS SUSPECTS INTERPELLÉS
Open questions the AI reported
The 840 kg total is the sum of the two operations (510 kg and 330 kg); no source states whether more was seized on 18 March.
No court outcome or sentence was reported; the seven were only arrested and charged.
The Ndarinfo, Leral, SeneNews and RTS accounts all reproduce the same gendarmerie statement; no independent outlet was found.
Gendarmes in Nianing seized 205 kg of cannabis found on the beach near the RIU Baobab hotel on 30 October 2026. The drugs were secured for court proceedings while an investigation was opened to trace the maritime supply chain.
Senegal's Thiès Regional Narcotics Brigade seized five packages of cannabis weighing 160.75 kg between Mbaling and Sinthiou Mbadane. Police said people fled during the operation, but the reports give no exact operation date or number of suspects.
Senegalese customs officers seized 10 kg of "skunk" hashish on 12 October 2026 at the Port of Dakar, hidden in 20 sachets inside two tyres in a container from a North American country declared as carrying only vehicles. The customs service valued the haul at 120 million CFA francs.
On 3 October 2026, urban security officers from Dakar's central police station arrested two men in Keur Massar and seized 18 kg of cannabis from bags in a living room after surveillance on a suspected trafficking network.
