375 kg cannabis seized at Mbodiène as six suspects flee
Gendarmes seized 375 kg of cannabis from an abandoned cart near the Mbodiène lagoon in Mbour after six machete-armed escorts fled during a night operation on 11 September 2026. The drugs were taken to the Joal brigade as an investigation opened to find the traffickers still at large.
Gendarmesseized a large quantity of cannabis near the Mbodiène lagoon in Mbour
department during the night of 11 September 2026.[1]The convoy moving the
load was accompanied by six individuals carrying machetes.[1][2]Chased by the
gendarmes, the escorts first resisted and then fled, abandoning both their cart
and the cargo, so no arrests were made at the scene.[1]An investigation was
opened to find those involved in the trafficking, who were still at large.[1]
Security forces reported recovering twelve parcels of cannabis, called chanvre
indien in Senegal, weighing 375 kilograms in total.[1][2]Officers had spotted
the cart transporting the merchandise at about 2 a.m.[1]The seized cannabis
was taken to the Joal brigade.[1][2]The 375-kilogram total is the weight
reported by the security forces.[1]
The operation followed a tip reporting a drug landing in that zone.[1]Elements of the Joal-Fadiouth and Nianing brigades, reinforced by the Mbour
Research Brigade, had set up a surveillance operation between Joal and Olstom
beach to intercept the shipment.[1][2]
Case data
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No arrests, charges or court outcome were reported beyond the opened investigation; the six escorts were still at large.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in French; no second account or gendarmerie statement for the 375 kg seizure could be opened.
This is distinct from the already recorded 29 August 2026 Mbodiène seizure of 427 kg, which involved a different weight, parcel count and arrest outcome.
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.
