120 kg of cannabis seized on Tripano beach in Mbour
On 30 January 2026, police from Mbour's central station seized 120 kg of chanvre indien, or cannabis, left in six 20-kg sisal sacks on Tripano beach after a pirogue landing. The boat had already put to sea and no suspects were arrested, with police saying they were still working to identify the owners and crew.
On Friday 30 January 2026 the urban security unit of Mbour’s central police
station seized120 kilograms of chanvre indien, the French term Senegalese
police use for cannabis, on Tripano beach in Mbour, Thiès region.[1][2]Police
presented the haul as a hard blow to drug trafficking.[1]Police said officers
acted on operational intelligence that prohibited goods were about to be landed
by pirogue, a motorised fishing canoe, on Tripano beach.[3]
Members of the Research Brigade sent straight to the shore found six carefully
packed sisal sacks on the beach.[1]A count showed each sack held 20 kilograms
of chanvre indien, making a total of 120 kilograms.[3]The pirogue used for
the landing had already put out to sea when the police arrived, leaving the
consignment on the beach.[3]
Officers took the seized cannabis to the police station premises for the needs
of the judicial procedure.[3]Police said investigations were continuing
actively to identify and arrest the owners of the consignment and the members of
the boat’s crew, so no arrests were reported.[3]
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No arrests, charges or court outcome were reported; police said investigations to identify the owners and crew were continuing.
No value, origin or intended destination was published for the 120 kg consignment.
The sources give no date for the pirogue's departure or departure point.
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