Kemo Cham, AfricaNews reporter in Dakar, Senegal
Two Moroccan nationals were arrested at Senegal's Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport, in possession of eight kilograms of cocaine.
The two culprits were arrested by officers from the Central Office for the Suppression of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs (OCRTIS), shortly after arriving on board a Turkish Airline from the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, last week.
According to information, it emerged that the duo had received advance payment for their commodity, and were only on the mission of delivering it to their clients somewhere in the Senegal capital of Dakar.
The hard drug is said to cost about 60 000 CFA francs (about US$120) per gram in the local market.
Apparently under suspicion by security operatives from OCRTIS, the Moroccans were subjected to thorough search. The police said they employed "risk analysis", a routine practice, and the "white powder" was discovered among the luggage of the culprits, who have since been in custody.
Police say their local contacts, whose identities have been obtained, are being actively pursued.
Two Moroccan nationals were arrested at Senegal's Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport, in possession of eight kilograms of cocaine.
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