The Karang Customs Commercial Brigade, Fatick Subdivision, Central Customs Region, intercepted, on Saturday August 15, 2020 at 4.30 am, 177 kg of Indian hemp near Karantaba, not far from Karang in the department of Foundiougne.
The seizure follows a chase between traffickers who were in a cart and Customs officers. In this ordeal, the delinquents ended up fleeing, abandoning their cart and the load, consisting mainly of drugs, in the millet fields.
The inventory reveals that Indian hemp was packaged in 7 packages for a total of 177 kg. During this wintering period, the traffickers borrow wet ruptures, swamps and farms to bypass customs barriers and surveillance. Wasted effort.
The determination of Customs officers and the strategies for dismantling the networks and corridors of international drug trafficking and prohibited products, developed by the Administration in border areas, were right on these traffickers.
The Public Relations and Communication Office of the DGD
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