Burkina: drug trafficker tries to bribe Customs with 2,500,000 CFA francs
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Burkina: caught with 150,000 tapentadol tablets, a smuggler offers 2.5 million FCFA to Customs (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The Directorate General of Customs presented a seizure of 150,000 tapentadol tablets hidden in a truck carrying clinker, valued at an estimated 295 million FCFA. The owner of the goods admitted to having tried to bribe customs agents with 2.5 million FCFA.
Burkina: drug trafficker tries to bribe Customs with 2,500,000 CFA francs (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Burkina Faso's Customs seized 11 parcels of Tapentadol, a potent drug, hidden in a truck carrying clinker from Togo, valued at an estimated 295,180,650 CFA francs. The owner allegedly tried to bribe officers with 2,500,000 CFA francs to recover the goods.
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