Two tons of fake medicine in Glazoue. Two trucks trapped in Basila. Behind the scenes, an elite unit that turned intelligence into its fatal weapon.

Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Ayedon Quarter, Glazoue. An anodized concession, like hundreds of them. Except inside, corn is not stored.
Upon enquiry, the men of Colonel Marcellin LAOUROU, patron of the Office of the Surveillance of the Customs Territory (BSTD), struck. In two rooms and two lounges transformed into underground warehouses: almost two tons of medicine. Cardboards stacked up to the ceiling, without prescription, without traceability, without mercy for the health of Beninese people.
The alleged owner volatilized and three clients allegedly fainted in nature at the time of the assault. The booty remains, under escort from the Office of the Commissioner of Glazoue, headed Cotonou. A surgical punch.
Colonel LAOUROU's lesson is clear: fraud no longer only runs, it burys. Now we have to search the houses, not just the roads.

BASSILA: THE ART OF FILATURE

A month later. Thursday, October 22, 2026. A pipe falls: a convoy arrives from Togo by Balanka, direction Bassila.
The TCSD is not rushing. Customs officials on the operation the drink truck pass, then take it spinning.
Arriving at destination, the conveyor believes that he is sheltered from customs surveillance, launches the second truck. Fatal error.
The second truck commits. Five kilometers before Bassila, the trap closed. Intercepted. Then, with the support of the Commissariat de Bassila, the house visit that makes everything change: the first truck is found, and with it, entire stocks of goods imported in fraud.
Two trucks. Zero incident. 100% intelligence. That's the new school.

VISION ABOUDOU IN ACTION

These two shots don't have to be random. They bear a signature: that of the Director General of Customs, Colonel Raouf Malèhossou ABOUDOU
His doctrine is based on three words: Intelligence – Vigilance – Cooperation.
Finish the customs waiting at the post office. We have an administration that anticipates, infiltrates, works hand in hand with the Republican Police. A customs officer who understands that every fake drug seized is a life potentially saved. That every smuggler truck stopped, it's millions that remain in the state coffers and fair competition restored for our traders.
In Glazoue as in Bassila, the message passed.
BSTB is watching. And he knows all the routes.
Benin Customs is no longer only at the borders. It's everywhere the fraud thinks it's hiding.
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