Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Niger i kahi hopu ʻia ʻana o ka cocaine ma ka ʻāina ʻo Zinder, ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina-waena o ka ʻāina. Ua hāʻawi aku ke Keʻena Waena no ka Hoʻopau ʻana i ke Kālepa Lāʻau Lapaʻau ʻAʻole Inoa (OCRTIS) i 233 mau piliki cocaine me ke kaumaha he 268,045 kg i ka Pōʻakahi, Mei 25, 2026. Ua hopu ʻia ʻewalu mau mea kānalua o Nigerien a ma hope iho ua hāʻawi ʻia i nā luna.
Wahi a ke Komisina Makai ʻo Rachida Mayaki Boubacar, ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka hana ma hope o nā hōʻike ʻike o kahi kalaka kānalua e hele mai ana mai Accra, Ghana mai. Ua hopu ʻia ke kaʻa ma ke komo ʻana i Zinder ma mua o ka lawe ʻia ʻana i kahi paʻa kahi i ʻike ʻia ai nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hūnā ʻia ma lalo o ke kalaka.
Ua hopu pū nā mea noiʻi i nā palapala laikini like ʻole i ka wā o ka huli ʻana i nā hale kaʻa a me nā hale i pili i nā mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia. Manaʻo nā luna o Nigerien ʻo ke poʻo i manaʻo ʻia o ka pūnaewele ʻo Hamadou Samey Issa, ʻo ia hoʻi "ka Malian," ka mea i makemake mua ʻia i kahi hihia kālepa cocaine ma mua.
Ua hōʻike ʻia nā noiʻi mua i ke ola ʻana o kahi pūnaewele lawehala honua e hana ana ma kekahi mau ʻāina o ʻApelika Komohana. Ua manaʻo ʻia ua hele ka ukana ma o Togo, Benin, a me Nigeria ma mua o ke komo ʻana i Niger, me kahi huakaʻi hope loa i manaʻo ʻia ʻo Libya ma o ka ʻāina ʻo Sahel-Saharan.
Ua hoʻolaha ka mea hoʻopiʻi aupuni, ʻo Ousmane Beido, i ka wehe ʻana o kahi noiʻi hoʻokolokolo i ka hana kālepa lāʻau lapaʻau honua, kahi hewa i hoʻopaʻi ʻia e 10 a 20 mau makahiki i loko o ka hale paʻahao ma Niger. Ua kāhea pū ʻo ia i ka lehulehu e hoʻoikaika i kā lākou laulima ʻana me nā pūʻali palekana i ke kaua ʻana i ka hana kālepa lāʻau lapaʻau.
Djamila Kambou
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