Gendarmes seize irregular migration equipment in Potou
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Gendarmes in Potou, in the commune of Léona, seized fuel containers and various equipment intended to prepare for a sea departure. The operation took place last night, after the Lompoul sinking, according to Senego.
The Potou local gendarmerie brigade seized, during the night of 11 to 12 November, fuel containers and several pieces of equipment intended to prepare for a departure by sea in the commune of Léona, Louga region, reports Senego.
The intervention comes after a pirogue sank off Lompoul, killing 39 people according to the toll cited by Senego. The tragedy led Senegalese authorities to step up their mobilisation against irregular migration.
The Potou seizure also comes after the Senegalese state mobilisation following the Lompoul sinking, announced on 8 November. On 10 November, a survivor of the Lompoul capsizing also gave an account of the tragedy.
