Police arrest 33 people in Dakar operation
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
An operation carried out overnight on 24–25 October by the Parcelles-Assainies police station in Dakar led to 33 arrests, including several people for possessing drugs, a bladed weapon or disturbing public order. Twenty-two people were referred to prosecutors, Seneweb reports, in a toll covering Grand-Médine, the Mixta estate and Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium.
The Parcelles-Assainies police station arrested 33 people during the night of 24 to 25 October 2026 in an operation in Grand-Médine, the Mixta estate and around Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium in Dakar, Seneweb reports. Twenty-two suspects were referred to the public prosecutor on Monday 26 October.
Twenty-one people were arrested for possessing and using cellulosic products, loitering and disturbing public order. Police also arrested a man carrying a machete under his clothes, another found with five pellets of cocaine, three people for public intoxication, two for identity checks, three for fighting in the street and two for gang theft. A motorbike was seized.
The eight people held for identity checks, public intoxication or fighting were released after being held in custody. The investigation is continuing into the three remaining cases, according to Seneweb.
The operation follows the arrest of four people on 20 October in a drug-trafficking case in Grand-Dakar, in the Senegalese capital.
