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Student arrested with 15 cocaine pellets in Dakar

By , based on Dakaractu

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Senegalese police have arrested a man in Dakar who identified himself as a student, suspected of belonging to a cocaine-trafficking network operating between Médina and Diamalaye. A search of his home led to the seizure of 15 pellets weighing more than 200 grammes, while he reportedly tried to bribe police officers, according to the police station.

Police from the Médina district station in Dakar arrested a student suspected of taking part in cocaine trafficking between Médina and Diamalaye. A search of his home led to the seizure of 15 pellets of suspected cocaine weighing more than 200 grammes, according to Senegal’s National Police.

The suspect reportedly offered money to police officers in exchange for his release. He was taken before the prosecutor’s office, Dakaractu reports.

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