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Guinea’s navy and military police have seized about three tonnes of cocaine they found hidden on a ship anchored in Guinean waters, they said on Thursday.

“Two shipments were seized,” said navy captain Mamadou Yaya Diallo.“The crew members were immediately arrested. They are six Sierra Leoneans and one Guinean,” said gendarmerie spokesman Aboubacar Saran Bangoura, adding that the arrests were made for the purposes of investigation.as a transit point for cocaine en-route from South America to Europe.

Last year Gambia seized nearly three tonnes of cocaine in one of the region’s largest hauls. Senegal also seized about two tonnes last year. Record quantities of cocaine were seized in West Africa in2019, including 9.5 tonnes from a ship that docked in Cape Verde.

 

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