Another prowess of customs officials in the Rapid Response Service of Atacora/Donga (SIR ATACORA/DONGA).

In fact, following information received by the Rapid Response Service of Atacora/Donga on Saturday 25 January 2020 at around 07h00min, indicating that a Opel vehicle registered AR4823RB loaded with suspicious parcels would be hidden in a garage on the Jugou-Ouaké axis, the Customs Commander Shegun Ibrahim GADO, Chief Service of the SIR has led a team in the field.

In view of the hostile behaviour of the population of the city, the police stations in Jugou and Barè were asked to strengthen the customs team. The consolidated system made it possible to apprehend the load at around 9.45 a.m.

A brief check of the said load revealed that it is Indian hemp carefully packed in bags.

The said load was taken to the unit headquarters for further search. Full ecor in the presence of police officers counted seven (07) bags containing four hundred and eighty (480) platelets and eight (08) cannabis pellets, totalling 488 kg of narcotics.

Therefore, after a thorough search of the means of transport, he found the logbook of the vehicle belonging to Mr. Ali BABIO and the driver's licence on behalf of Rodrigue BALLO SOSSOU. These documents were delivered to the Commissioner of the^and Djougou district for prosecution.

DGDDI/COM.