By Nelson Manneh
Operatives of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency-The Gambia (DLEA-G), have seized significant quantities of cocaine and ecstasy pills at the Giboro and Amdalai border posts respectively.
The seizures happened on the heels of ongoing reforms aimed at strengthening the Agency’s interdiction capability to effectively bridle drugs, and address the drug situation in the country.
Ousman Saidyba, the Public Relations Officer of DLEA-G, said two suspects were arrested at the Amdalai border post while one was arrested in Giboro.
“The suspect arrested in Giboro is a 41-year-old Bissau Guinean national in the person of Aruna Cassama. He was arrested with eleven blocks of cocaine which he concealed in the trunk of a Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle with registration number RGB 1077 CH,” he said.
PRO Saidyba said 24-year-old Baye Cheikh Jobe, a Senegalese national and resident of Diourbel in Senegal was nabbed at the Amdalai Border Post with two hundred and seventy-nine pills of ecstasy. In the same vein, another 24-year-old Cherno Jallow, a Senegalese national was also nabbed with fifty-three pills of ecstasy and one piece of hashish. Both suspects were said to be heading to Senegal from The Gambia.
In a similar but separate development, Siadyba said four other suspects were arrested in diverse locations within the Greater Banjul Area with varying types and quantities of drugs.
According to PRO Saidybah, 34-year-old Ebrima Jatta was arrested in Latrikunda with one hundred pills of ecstasy that he concealed in a transparent nylon bag and placed inside another blue bag. Adama Koroma, a 28-year-old Sierra Leonean national and female, was arrested in Brikama Suba Ward with seventy-one wraps of suspected kush; 28-year-old Ebrima Njie was also arrested in Banjul with one wrap of suspected cannabis resin (hashish) and some quantities of suspected cannabis ruderalis (skunk).
PRO Saidyba further said 18-year-old Pa Musa Njie was arrested by agents of the Anti-Crime Unit of the GPF with twelve pieces of suspected cannabis resin (hashish) in Jabang, and said all the suspects were taken into custody while further investigations into their respective matters continued.
