The Senegalese navy on Sunday intercepted a boat smuggling over 8 tonnes of cannabis resin through the waters off the West African nation’s coast, the armed forces ministry said in a statement.
The vessel, which was flying a Togolese flag, was stopped 140 kilometers (87 miles) from the coastal capital of Dakar with seven crew members on board.
After escorting the boat to a naval base in Dakar, the authorities discovered the 8.37 tons of hashish split between 279 bags. The boat was also carrying sacks of plaster, the ministry said on Monday.
It did not provide a street value for the seized …
