Police seize 160.75 kg of cannabis near Mbour as suspects flee
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.
🇸🇳 Between Mbaling and Sinthiou Mbadane, Mbour Department · Senegal
The Thiès Regional Narcotics Brigade seized five packages of cannabis weighing
160.75 kg between Mbaling and Sinthiou Mbadane, in Mbour Department.[1][2]Police said the Mbour anti-narcotics unit acted on operational intelligence.[1][2]
The people targeted fled as officers intercepted the consignment. Investigators
said they were continuing work to identify those involved and trace the
suspected trafficking network, but the reports do not name the people or say
how many fled.[1][2]
Neither RTS nor Seneweb states when the operation took place. Both published
their reports on 12 October 2026, and Seneweb updated its account the following
day.[1][2]Both attributed the operation details to police and gave no
independent account from the people who fled.[1][2]
Photos and video
Police Communication image of wrapped packages seized in the Mbour operation.Photo details
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.
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.
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.
