Sadness and desolation in the ranks of counterfeit drug smugglers.

Indeed, following an information received by the U.S.A. Rapid Response Service on Saturday, September 12, 2017 at around 6:30pm, according to which a vehicle registered Y0484 RB, coming from Sème-kraké and heading to Cotonou, loaded several parcels without any customs title, the head of the service called a team on the Sème-Cotonou axis.

The system immediately put in place enabled the vehicle to be intercepted at approximately 08.00 in the morning at the height of PK 18, Cotonou road, and to be taken to the unit headquarters for further search.

The unloading of the vehicle carried out in the presence of the driver made it possible to discover instead beauty products declared by the driver during his arrest, 40 (40) packages of pharmaceutical products imported smuggled, with a total weight of 03T40 kilograms.

An application is sent to the Porto-Novo Court of First Instance for an order to confiscate and authorize the destruction of seized pharmaceutical products.

The Rapid Response Services of the Benin Customs Administration, on the firm instructions of the Director General, are now engaged to effectively combat the trade in counterfeit medicines which causes many inconveniences to our people.

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