Senegal’s national gendarmerie seized 3.2 tonnes, or 3,200 kg, of Indian hemp, locally called yamba, in an operation reported on 30 July 2018.[1] The drug seizure came at the end of a four-year investigation by the gendarmerie’s research section.[1] Senegal’s national gendarmerie is the force that made the seizure.[1]
Gendarmerie seizes 3,200 kg of yamba in Senegal after four-year inquiry
Senegal's national gendarmerie seized 3.2 tonnes of Indian hemp, known locally as yamba, in an operation reported on 30 July 2018. The haul was the result of a four-year investigation by the gendarmerie's research section.
🇸🇳 Senegal
- Cannabis
- 3.2 t
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis
- Case stage
- Under investigation
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- Retrieved
- 6 Nov 2026
- Shown
- our 320px copy; enlarging loads the original
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Cannabis
- 3.2 t
- Agency type
- Gendarmerie
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis (3.2 t)
- Setting
- Street or public place
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- SeneNewssenenews.comFR3 200 kg de «yamba» saisis par la gendarmerie (photos)
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports name no place for the seizure, so the report is placed at country level for Senegal.
- No number of suspects arrested or detained is given, only the weight seized.
- The article gives no separate date for the seizure or the end of the investigation; 30 July 2018 is its publication date.
- The figure of 3.2 tonnes comes from the national gendarmerie as relayed by Seneweb, and SeneNews credits Seneweb as its source.
- No court proceedings or outcome were reported.
- Only one outlet's account of the seizure could be opened, and no gendarmerie statement for it was found.
- The three photos are captioned only with the article title and credited to SeneNews, so they are not independently established to show the seized consignment.
- The same page reports a separate Thiès seizure of 3,000 kg, a different event left out of this report.
