Moroccan Students Face Life Sentence in Senegal for Alleged Hashish Trafficking

It all started with a denunciation concerning a truck transporting drugs, specifically hashish, an illegal substance in Senegal, reports the daily Libération. The truck leaving Rosso was supposed to arrive in Dakar where the drugs would be unloaded in a warehouse in Médina. The 12-kilogram cargo, packaged in chocolate boxes, was intercepted at 6 a.m. with its driver.

According to the same media, the driver was unaware of the contents of the many packages. By agreeing to cooperate with the investigators of the SR, the Moroccan students and the merchant were trapped before being arrested. As for the mastermind of the gang based in Morocco, he was also identified. He had returned to Morocco after his studies at UCAD in Senegal where he had been imprisoned for drug trafficking. The accused continued his transactions in the country.

Unfortunately, with the famous Latif Gueye law criminalizing international drug trafficking, these students risk life imprisonment. According to justice actors, this law is the cause of prison overcrowding.