Worth Over US$ 36,176 From 25-Year-Old Man
PHOTO: The high-grade marijuana just seized in Maryland County
By Charles Gbayor, maorethason1997@gmail.com
HARPER, Liberia- Francis Wallace, age 25, has been arrested here in the southeastern Maryland County carrying seven bags of high-grade marijuana by officers of Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA), amid a rise in the trafficking, use and abuse of narcotic drugs in this West African country.
LDEA officers made the arrest recently, the newly assigned LDEA Commander Papa S. Gombu disclosed.
Commander Gombu told Journalists that the arrest followed a security search in New Town, Harper District and was arrested from Francis Wallace, noting that the 7 bags were 476 high grade marijuana.
Sergeant Papa Gombu was assigned in Maryland County on Monday April 11, replacing the former LDEA Commander, rape suspect Joseph Tegeddine who was alleged of raping a minor and has failed to appear in the county for further investigation since February, 2023.
Meanwhile, Commander Papa Gombu has said that suspect Francis Wallace is in the protective Police custody in Harper undergoing investigation.
In November last year, the Liberia National Police over the weekend forwarded to court t suspects involved in the $100 million cocaine saga, this West African nation’s largest illicit drugs bust to date.
The culprits have been charged with drugs trafficking, money laundering, Criminal Conspiracy and criminal facilitation amongst others crimes, after their arrests on October 1, 2022.
The crackdown, which was largely made possible with extensive assistance from United States security apparatus from the point of departure in South America up to arrival in Monrovia, came amid repeated calls on Liberian Lawmakers to strengthen and pass the country’s drugs law by making the crime nonbailable