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More than one tonne of cocaine has been intercepted by customs authorities in Senegal, the biggest cocaine haul ever via land route in the country. Electricity has been restored in Nigeria after the grid collapsed earlier on Monday for the sixth time this year.
The 1,137kg (2,506 pounds) of cocaine was intercepted from a truck in the eastern town of Kidira, which is near the border with Mali. The state-owned power distribution company said the outage was caused by a fire outbreak at the power station in Afam town in the southern Rivers state.
The drugs had been concealed in packets and placed in bags at the bottom of the truck, which had arrived from a neighbouring country that authorities failed to name. The system was restored later on Monday afternoon, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said, adding that it would continue to strengthen the grid infrastructure to prevent future disruptions.
They said the consignment was valued at 90 billion CFA francs ($146m; £117m). It is not clear how many people were affected, but there were angry comments across social media.
Large drug hauls have become more common in Senegal. Grid power supplies are often erratic in Nigeria, despite being one of the biggest crude oil producers on the continent.
Last November, the navy seized three tonnes of cocaine from a ship off the country's coast, marking one of the navy's largest drug hauls.
The region is a transit point for Latin American cartels trafficking drugs to Europe and elsewhere.
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