480 kg of cannabis seized from fuel tanker at Moussala
Senegalese customs officers seized 480 kg of cannabis hidden in a fuel tanker at the Moussala border post with Mali on 28 March 2016. The truck's attendant fled during the check, and officers confiscated the vehicle.
Officers of the Moussala customs office seized480 kilograms of cannabis,
described as chanvre indien, from a tanker truck on Monday 28 March 2016.[1]The truck’s attendant fled when officers carried out the check at the border
with Mali, and no arrest in the cannabis seizure was reported.[1]Officers
seized the vehicle that had been carrying the cannabis.[1]
The Moussala post covers the southern Dakar-Bamako road corridor.[1]The
cannabis had been carefully hidden inside compartments normally used to hold
hydrocarbons.[1]
The account was issued by the customs administration’s public-relations and
communications office.[1]The customs administration said its security mission
kept it committed to defending the national economy and protecting public
health.[1]The same statement separately reports 70 pellets of cocaine seized
at Mpack, a different drug seizure whose weight is not counted in this cannabis
report.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
480 kg
Vehicles confiscated
1
Agency
Moussala Customs Office
Agency type
Customs
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (480 kg)
Setting
Vehicle, Land border
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Kédougou
Sources
DAKARACTU.COMdakaractu.comFRLa Douane saisit 480 kg de chanvre indien à Moussala et 70 boulettes de cocaïne à Mpack
Open questions the AI reported
No second source for the 2016 Moussala seizure was found; the account rests on the customs statement republished by Dakaractu.
The direction of the tanker's travel and the origin of the cannabis were not stated, so no trafficking route is recorded.
The attendant who fled was not identified, and no charge or court outcome was reported.
The same statement reports a separate cocaine seizure at Mpack; its weight is excluded from this report's figures.
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.
