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LDEA Busts US$1m Worth of Kush at Roberts Int’l Airport & Bo Waterside

by Nyantee S. Togba
August 6, 2024
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LDEA Busts US$1m Worth of Kush at Roberts Int’l Airport & Bo Waterside

Monrovia – The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), in collaboration with the Bureau of Customs, has made major arrests and seizures of Methamphetamine, commonly known as “Kush,” at Roberts International Airport (RIA) and BO Waterside.

LDEA Acting Head Christopher Peters disclosed that the agency confiscated two boxes of tealeaf substances believed to be kush. The boxes, which arrived in the country via SN Brussels flight #SN-245 on July 19, 2024, were tested on July 25, 2024, by the LDEA and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

According to Peters, the tests confirmed the presence of Methamphetamine. The seized substance weighed 10 kilograms, with a street value of US$200,000 or L$38,000,000.

He stated that Raymond Kpehe, a clearing agent for United Parcel Services, and Michael Brown, the consignee, both Liberians, were arrested and charged with importation, transportation, and conspiracy. Mohammed Nyallay, a Sierra Leonean national, was charged as an accomplice.

“The suspects have been forwarded to the Unification Town Magisterial Court in Margibi County for prosecution,” stated Peters.

In a related development, Peters noted that the LDEA’s Grand Cape Mount County Detachment, in collaboration with the Joint Security, seized 31 kilograms of Kush onboard a white minibus with a Guinean plate number AD1037 at the BO Waterside border on August 2, 2024.

He added that the driver, Abass Sannoh, a Liberian national from Gardnerville, was arrested and charged with transportation and possession of controlled substances, and subsequently forwarded to the Tianii Magisterial Court in Grand Cape Mount County for prosecution.

He put the street value of the 31 kilograms of Kush seized at BO Waterside at US$620,000 or L$117,800,000. Combined, the total street value of the seizures from RIA and BO Waterside amounts to US$820,000 or LRD 155,800,000.

“The LDEA remains committed to combating the trafficking of controlled substances in Liberia,” said Peters. “These significant seizures demonstrate our determination and collaboration with other security agencies to keep our country safe from the dangers of narcotics.”

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