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Police seize 7kg of cannabis and arrest two suspects in Moukh Moukh, Senegal

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The Louga Regional Narcotics Brigade arrested two suspects in Moukh Moukh, Senegal, and seized 7 kilograms of Indian hemp, along with whisky and a motorcycle. Searches also led to the sealing of cash and phones; the two men were taken to the unit for questioning, Senego reports.

The Louga Regional Narcotics Brigade (BRS) arrested two suspects and seized 7 kilograms of Indian hemp in Moukh Moukh, a locality 52 kilometres from Louga, according to Senego. Officers intercepted the two men on a track leading to the village of Diewal after receiving information about a suspected trafficking network run by a resident of Lass.

A search of their bag uncovered five blocks of Indian hemp, while a search of one suspect’s home revealed two more blocks weighing one kilogram each, hidden in a plastic bucket. Investigators also seized a Jakarta motorcycle, cash, mobile phones and 21 bottles of whisky, 12 of them full. The two men were taken to the BRS headquarters for the investigation, Senego reports.

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