Grand-Dakar: 25-year-old student arrested with 15 balls of hashish and one of MDMA

A 25-year-old petrochemistry student was arrested by the Grand-Dakar police station at around 4 a.m. on October 22, 2026, near the Socialist Party headquarters in Colobane. The Yarakh resident, who studies at Alioune Diop University of Bambey, was riding a motorcycle with fifteen balls of hashish and one ball of MDMA. He said he had bought the drugs from an unidentified person in Yoff but gave no further details. Held in police custody, he is being pursued for offering and selling drugs; his motorcycle was impounded and the investigation is ongoing.