Investigators acted on a tip about hashish trafficking in the Unité 26 sector of Parcelles Assainies on the night of 23 September and went to the scene.[1] They arrested the alleged trafficker, who identified himself as A. U. Jalo, born on 27 May 1995 in Guinea-Bissau, working as a freight forwarder and living in Medina.[1] The English version of the same report confirms the arrest, identifying the man as AU Jalo, born 27 May 1995 in Guinea-Bissau and living in the Medina district as a freight forwarder.[2]

At the moment of arrest he was carrying a half-opened slab of hashish.[1] Officers took him to his home in Medina, where a room search found another hashish slab along with 375,000 CFA francs and a 50-euro note.[1] Investigators said the cash probably represented proceeds from his illegal activity.[1] The English version likewise records the half-opened slab at arrest and the second slab plus 375,000 CFA francs and a 50-euro note found at his home.[2]

Questioned about the source of the drugs, he said they had been entrusted to him by a person identified only as E., currently in Guinea-Bissau, offering no further detail in an account investigators found unconvincing.[1] He was placed in custody for offering or transferring hashish, and the seized drugs and money were sealed.[1] The prosecutor was notified, and the investigation opened by the Unité 15 Parcelles Assainies district police station was continuing.[1]