On Friday, January 23, 2026, in Saint-Louis, the Direction Régionale des Douanes du Nord incinerated more than 7 tons of illicit and harmful products with a market value of 384 million CFA francs.

Medicines, from Indian hemp, from boxes of cigarettes, black bills were seized and cremated in all three regions administrative procedures that the Regional Customs Directorate of the North covers, namely: Saint-Louis, Louga and Matam. It is in fact more than 7 tons of products. with an estimated market value of 384 million CFA francs. The director, the colonel Ahmadou Thioye takes the opportunity to welcome the collaboration that exists between Customs. and the Defence and Security Forces, while inviting the population to do similarly. The ceremony was presided over by the Governor of Saint-Louis, in presence of administrative, military and paramilitary authorities.

According to Colonel Ahmadou Thioye, Inspector General Exceptional Class Customs and Regional Director of Northern Customs, “the quantities seized and which are the subject, today (yesterday, editor's note), Incineration involves 628 boxes of counterfeit medicines weighing 6 tons 966 kg, 613 boxes of food products that did not comply with the Prohibition measures weighing 1 ton 700, 72 boxes of cigarettes of weight of 808 kg, Indian hemp weighing 289 kg, counterfeit bills of bank, 549 notes of 100 dollars. The market value of all these products seized is estimated at 384 million CFA francs”.