On 15 March 2026, officers of Sédhiou’s Regional Drugs Squad, a unit of OCRTIS, arrested a courier accused of moving cannabis between Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.[1] The man was placed in custody at Sédhiou central police station for criminal association, possession and international drug trafficking, and remained available to the courts.[1] His shouts during the interception alerted his accomplices, who fled and abandoned their loads.[1][2] Police said inquiries were continuing to dismantle the whole network.[1]

Officers seized a total of 179 kg of cannabis, described as the so-called green variety packed in one-kilogram bricks.[3][2] The seizure comprised two sisal sacks holding 30 kg and four further sacks holding 149 kg.[1] Officers also recovered bicycles abandoned with their loads by the fleeing couriers.[3]

The operation followed intelligence that traffickers were using bicycles to carry large quantities of cannabis between North Sindian in Senegal and Bafatá in Guinea-Bissau.[1][2] Officers set up a covert surveillance stakeout in the Kamoya sector to intercept the convoy.[3] Investigators said the consignment had come from North Sindian.[3] The arrested man admitted acting as a courier for a sponsor in exchange for 150,000 FCFA on delivery.[1][2]

Kamoya is a village located 5 km from Marsassoum.[2] Officers seized three other bicycles with the loads abandoned by the fleeing couriers.[2]