Madar (Nouakchott) - Mauritania’s national gendarmerie said on Sunday, 18 October 2026, that it had seized about 7 tonnes of fuel stored in a house in Selibaby, capital of Guidimakha region, and arrested a suspect accused of smuggling it.
The operation was carried out by a patrol of the Selibaby gendarmerie company acting on information that the man was suspected of involvement in fuel smuggling, the gendarmerie said.
The gendarmerie did not say what type of fuel was seized or where it was headed.
