Niger: Nearly $ 9 Million Cocaine Seized From Mayor αυτοκίνητο Car

Northern Niger police have seized more than 200kg cocaine, worth about $ 8,7 million, which was transported inside the… official vehicle of a mayor, according to police sources.

The mayor and his driver, who were riding in the vehicle at the time of the police check, were arrested with 199 "bricks" of cocaine, in a block that had been set up on the road leading from the desert to the shopping center of Agadez on Sunday, according to his sources. CNN.

A statement from Nigeria's Central Drug Enforcement Administration (OCRTIS) confirmed that a record amount of cocaine had been seized in the Agadez area, without elaborating.

Drugs in record quantities

West Africa, which is crossed by the most common routes of the illicit drug trade from South America to Europe, has recorded multiple seizures in recent years.

Senegal seized more than two tonnes of pure cocaine from a ship off the Atlantic last October, while the Gambian authorities seized nearly three tonnes of the substance last January from Ecuador.

Following the seizure of 16,7 tonnes of cannabis resin worth about $ 37 million in Niger last May, Interpol drug prosecution co-ordinator Jan Drapal told Reuters that drug dealers began sending larger shipments to respond to European .

Source: in.gr