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Seizure of a large amount of fake drugs: New exploit of the Mono and Couffo Rapid Response Service

(The firm instructions of the Dg/Customs bear fruit) Their determination is without flaw. Their commitment to tracking forgers is without ambiguity. On the contrary, it produces positive results on the ground. The disciples of Saint Mathieu, under the enlightened management of the Dg Charles Inousa Sacca promise a dirty quarter of an hour to those who try to evade customs controls with non-compliant goods. In the face of the many awareness-raising and enforcement measures defined in this direction, some fraudsters persist in their misdemeanours. Unfortunately, they never get to the end of their dirty work. They are caught in their maneuvers by Customs officers who look after the grain. Thus, under the government of the Rupture, Benin will never be the hub of the trafficking of false medicines. And the Beninese customs really have its vanguard mission of national financial authorities. By the Rapid Response Service of Mono and Couffo, a large amount of fake drugs has just been seized. The firm instructions given by the first customs official are scrupulously followed to the letter. In this perspective, in service execution n°172 of 29/03/2019, the agents of the Mono and Couffo Rapid Response Service intercepted yesterday around 14h30 minutes on the interstate road Cotonou Hilla-Condji, a Peugeot 505 vehicle registered X 4840 RB from Togo and going to Cotonou. Arrested and subjected to harsh interrogation, the driver of the vehicle refused to obey the officers' injunctions. After a chase, the vehicle was finally immobilized and driven to the unit seat. After a thorough search of the vehicle, it was discovered on board forty (40) cartons of medicine. These repeated seizures show how many