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Police corruption at checkpoint on Dakar to Saint Louis road (N2 near Kébémer)
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<blockquote data-quote="Seamus69" data-source="post: 20" data-attributes="member: 58"><p>A warning to anyone travelling by car near Kébémer on the N2 road between Dakar and Saint Louis.</p><p></p><p>Last Thursday (3rd Nov 2022), myself and two travelling companions were travelling by car near Kébémer when stopped at a police checkpoint.</p><p></p><p>Two police officers searched our bags and found packets of cigarettes (bought at Lisbon airport) and the end of a bottle of gin (bought at a supermarket in Dakar earlier that week). The police told us it was illegal to have more than two packs of cigarettes or a bottle of alcohol with us and said we had to pay a fine. They asked us for 200,000 CFA – so we had to give them all our remaining CFA plus a few euros to make up the equivalent of 200,000 CFA. We knew at the time that what was happening was not normal procedure, but we did not dispute them as we wanted to complete our trip without incident. </p><p></p><p>We still loved our trip to Senegal and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it despite our incident!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seamus69, post: 20, member: 58"] A warning to anyone travelling by car near Kébémer on the N2 road between Dakar and Saint Louis. Last Thursday (3rd Nov 2022), myself and two travelling companions were travelling by car near Kébémer when stopped at a police checkpoint. Two police officers searched our bags and found packets of cigarettes (bought at Lisbon airport) and the end of a bottle of gin (bought at a supermarket in Dakar earlier that week). The police told us it was illegal to have more than two packs of cigarettes or a bottle of alcohol with us and said we had to pay a fine. They asked us for 200,000 CFA – so we had to give them all our remaining CFA plus a few euros to make up the equivalent of 200,000 CFA. We knew at the time that what was happening was not normal procedure, but we did not dispute them as we wanted to complete our trip without incident. We still loved our trip to Senegal and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it despite our incident! [/QUOTE]
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