Foreign national held with 50 hashish balls in Ziguinchor
Police at Yamatogne in Ziguinchor arrested a foreign national on 14 July 2025 with 50 balls of hashish found in a passenger vehicle from Guinea-Bissau. The suspect said he bought them at 1,000 FCFA each to resell in Gambia at 10,000 FCFA each, and he was held while police investigated.
Yamatogne police in Ziguinchor arrested a foreign national at the road
checkpoint toward Guinea-Bissau during the night of Monday 14 July 2025 at about
23:00.[1]Officers stopped a shared seven-seat passenger vehicle arriving from
Guinea-Bissau for a routine check as part of a security operation.[2]A search
found a black sachet hidden in a passenger’s pockets.[1]The sachet held 50
balls of hashish described as carefully packed and ready for sale.[2]The
suspect was placed in custody while police opened an investigation to identify
possible accomplices and trace the cross-border network.[1]
Questioned briefly, the suspect said he had bought the hashish in Guinea-Bissau
at 1,000 FCFA per ball.[1]He said he intended to resell the balls in Gambia
at 10,000 FCFA each.[2]Police put the expected profit from the resale at
450,000 FCFA.[1]
Police described the check as part of a wider security operation on the
cross-border road.[2]The accounts present the route as purchase in
Guinea-Bissau, transit through Senegal and intended resale in Gambia.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Sale
Setting
Land border
Case stage
Under investigation
Route
Guinea-Bissau → Gambia
Sources
Dakaractudakaractu.comFRTrafic transfrontalier de haschich : un ressortissant étranger interpellé à Ziguinchor
Senegosenego.comFRZiguinchor : 50 boulettes de haschich saisies lors d’un contrôle routier… (Photo)
Open questions the AI reported
No weight for the 50 hashish balls was published, so no kilograms can be recorded.
No purchase weight, laboratory result or separate cannabis-only valuation was published; the 450,000 FCFA figure is a reported expected profit, not a recorded seizure value.
The suspect's name, age, sex and exact nationality were not published beyond foreign national.
No charge, prosecution or court outcome was reported; the investigation was still under way.
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On 7 November 2026, Faidherbe gendarmes arrested 34-year-old Guinean watchman A. Camara near Dakar's Autonomous Port with 500 g of cannabis plus 13 retail sachets. He admitted trafficking and was held in custody while police hunt his alleged supplier.
Parcelles Assainies police arrested nine people in a three-day anti-drug operation at cité Mixta and Gueule Tapée market in Dakar from 30 October to 1 November 2026. Officers seized 69 cannabis cones and 5 grams of hashish plus 12 tramadol and Alpraz tablets, then referred all nine suspects to the prosecutor on 3 November.
Senegal's Ocrtis arrested two suspected intermediaries in Dakar after 32 balls of hashish were found hidden in shoe soles in a Casablanca-Dakar parcel. A controlled delivery with substituted goods led to the arrests on 1 November, while the final recipient was still sought.
