Senegal’s Criminal Investigation Division seizes 82.5 kilos of cannabis and 510 packets in Rufisque

Senegal’s Criminal Investigation Division (DIC) seized four sacks containing 82.5 kilos of cannabis and 510 packets in Rufisque on Tuesday, October 20. The operation by its specialized unit led to the arrest of Mamadou Dakhaté Niang, born in Rufisque on August 27, 1993, and residing in Darou in the same municipality. Details of the arrest and the origin or destination of the drugs have not been disclosed. Investigators are working to establish responsibility and possible links to a wider operation; the next legal steps have not yet been specified.