La police ivoirienne a annoncé avoir procédé à une saisie de deux blocks of cocaine weighing one kg, at the home of a Guinean woman during a roadside check at the border post in Gbapleu (48 km from Danané) in the west of the country, on the border with Guinea.

The ivory font indicated that “the quantity was linked to the size of Dame Y. Fanta, originally from N'Zérékoré (Guinea) and aged 35, leaving for Abidjan from Conakry. It was intercepted on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, around 8 am. The merchandise, valued at more than 50 million FCFA and intended for dealers in the Ivorian economic capital, should fetch 650,000 FCFA ($1,000 US) on sale to Y. Fanta.” After a body search carried out by the men of 2nd class police commissioner Kouamé N'Dri Alphonse, head of the border police station, Lady Fanta was caught by the police on board a public transport bus coming from Conakry.