|
Headlines
|
|
Written by T. Saye Goinleh
|
|
Friday, 20 July 2012 07:06 |
The branch of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in Nimba County recently set ablaze over one thousand kilograms of marijuana seized from dealers and traffickers in the county.
Our correspondent in the county was informed by DEA authorities that the dangerous substance had been confiscated since June last year. According to the DEA, most of the suspects connected to the contraband escaped arrest leaving behind their consignment which was later retrieved by agents on the field.
Speaking to reporters after the burning exercise, DEA’s chief of leeward, Lt. Col. Robertson J. Worlor, estimated the marijuana destroyed in Ganta as about four hundred and twenty thousand Liberian dollars (L$420,000.00). Lt. Col. Worlor noted that the consignment demonstrates that many citizens of Nimba County are greatly involved in the cultivation of the dangerous substance.
He said the destruction of substance was held simultaneously around the country. He pointed out that the issue of the planting marijuana across Liberia is something that needs to be looked at carefully.
Lt. Col. Worlor recalled that on June 26 this year which was International Drugs Day, Montserrado County witnessed the destruction of narcotics including hard cocaine and Italian white.
The DEA’s leeward boss said the marijuana burned in Ganta was seized in Nimba County, clarifying that there was no hard substance included.
He further explained that in Liberia when it comes to seizure, Bong County tops, followed by Nimba County.
At the same time, Lt. Col. Worlor mentioned that Nimba however is usually ahead when it comes to cultivation.
Speaking earlier, the commander for the DEA in Nimba County Col. Julius Kanubah, Sr. told reporters that his men are ever vigilant to combat the wave of marijuana planting in the county. He appealed to government for logistics to enable the detachment to vigorously fight drug trafficking in Nimba.
As usually done, the DEA recently burned those illicit substances across the country, which is a welcoming development in the fight against their production, imports and usage. But the million dollar question that is on the lips of critical thinkers is that, whether confiscation and burning will end the production and menace associated with the usage of these substances. This concern comes in the wake of the alarming cultivation of marijuana, importation of Italian white and other dangerous substances in Liberia, amidst awareness and warning.
|
