Senegal cocaine: Key suspect identified as Gambian-Senegalese

Four people have been arrested over cocaine seized by the Senegalese military on Tuesday off Senegal’s Atlantic coast.

Local media reported on Wednesday 44-year-old Gambian-Senegalese Makha Gaye is the leader of the alleged traffickers. He is said to have been born in Guédiawaye.

He was arrested alongside Senegalese Pope Madiop Dieye, Sierra Leonian Marrah Foday and Bissau-Guinean Quecuto Bajo.