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Over $1bn worth of cocaine seized in Gambia
Tuesday, 08 June 2010 19:26
By Kemo ChamScary revelations from Banjul indicate that a joint operation between Gambian police and UK investigators have resulted in the discovery of a huge cocaine smuggling ring in Gambia.
Reports say at least two tonnes of the drug worth over $1bn was seized just outside Banjul. It was headed for Europe.
Accordingly, a number of suspected traffickers, including foreigners, have also been arrested and are under custody.
The investigators also seized large quantities of cash and arms, the report added.
A BBC report says that the Gambian authorities made the first arrests before calling in British agents to gather forensic evidence.
Reports say agents from the UK's Serious Organized Crime Agency helped in Tuesday’s discovery of what has been described as highly concentrated cocaine. The drug was said to have been hidden behind a false wall in a warehouse basement an hour's drive from Banjul. The investigators are also said to be in possession of numerous revealing computer records.
The BBC quoted one investigator closely involved with the case as saying: "We're excited about this one - we've got all the elements here."
Analysts say this development confirms a switch in operation by the traffickers who abandoned the near failed state of Guinea Bissau after international attention was focused there, recently. Poverty and weak security and judicial system in the region have since been blamed for the problem, which is not making any sign of abating.
Already in Gambia, senior security officers close to President Yahya Jammeh, including his most ever “trusted” police chief, are facing dozens of drug related charges, and the name of the Gambian leader himself have already been linked to some of these cases.
And also, in a very popular treason trial, involving the country’s immediate former head of the army, the government is using notorious drug dealers once involved in the Guinea Bissau drug ring as witnesses against alleged coupists, as part of some blurred plea-bargain agreements.
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THANK GOD WE ARE IN PEACE.....WITH PEACE EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE....LONG LIFE GAMBIA..LONG LIFE JAMMEH.....
If you say Jammeh is not clean why can't i say the same about your uncle, (A.Denton)
In short, don't challenge my central premises that most Gaambians would take a big pay out and turn a blind eye to drugs entering Gambia. I have travelled around Gambia and i know how hard it is to get anything done unless you bribe someone. If you don't have a short memory, you should be able to recall the illegal cash supply line from Late Abu Denton, Acc.G down to the lowest man in the office. You would remember that Errand Boy Sanneh load a bag filled with gambia gov't bills monthly, for distribution as a means of getting everyone engaged in corrupt practices. Probably you might have been one of them; who knows. May be a brother,or sister,... , you know what; Stop it Fulbeh cus i know what am talking about!!!!!
Lord help your sick heart, soul & head-
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