KEUR MASSAR : Tabac à chicha, faux douanier et faux colonel, un Tunisien escroqué de 43 millions de FCFA
The Keur Massar gendarmerie company's research brigade detained A. Cissé on December 26, 2025. The suspect, married and father of two, working as a trader and residing in Keur Massar, is being prosecuted for criminal conspiracy, impersonating a customs officer, and defrauding MP Sghair, a Tunisian trader based in Keur Massar, of forty-three million CFA francs, according to Seneweb sources.
This arrest follows a referral transmitted by the Public Prosecutor at the High Court of Pikine Guédiawaye, who ordered the investigation and arrest of the suspects.
The story begins in September 2025 when a certain C. Traoré, using a phone number with a French country code, contacts the Tunisian merchant MPSghair. He presents the importation of shisha tobacco from Mauritania as a golden opportunity, an extremely profitable business in Senegal.
To make his scheme more credible and facilitate the transport of the goods, C. Traoré put the victim in contact with an accomplice named A. Cissé, who posed as a customs officer working at the port of Dakar. Cissé reassured the Tunisian man, promising to handle all customs formalities at a very competitive price.
A fake customs colonel enters the scene
To perfect their scheme, the scammers introduce a third party: a certain O. Guèye, reachable at 77....., who presents himself as a customs colonel capable of solving any problem. Seduced by this enticing offer and reassured by these supposed guarantees, MPSghair decides to embark on the adventure.
The fake colonel ordered him to transport his merchandise, worth thirty-six million CFA francs, along the route usually used by smugglers. The Tunisian merchant, trusting him, carried out the instructions to the letter.
Once the goods were en route, the fraudsters revealed the Tunisian's activities to the legitimate customs officers at the Ourossogui post. The officers intercepted the shipment and fined MPSghair seven million CFA francs, in addition to seizing all of its merchandise. The total loss thus amounted to forty-three million CFA francs.
After this operation, the fraudsters cut off all contact with their victim, establishing total radio silence. Ironically, the Tunisian merchant later discovered that the same shisha tobacco he had imported was being sold at rock-bottom prices in Dakar casinos by A. Cissé's gang.
Faced with this large-scale scam, Mr. PSghair contacted the Public Prosecutor of the Pikine Guédiawaye High Court, who ordered a thorough investigation and the arrest of the alleged perpetrators.
Thanks to the search techniques of the BR of Keur Massar, A.Cissé was arrested on December 26, 2025 and placed in police custody.
The investigation is actively continuing to apprehend the other members of the network, notably C.Traoré and O.Guèye, who are still at large.
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