News
reports monitored on Gambia TV, GRTS revealed officials of the National Drug
Enforcement Agency (NDEA) have arrested and detained a Nigerian suspected of
drug trafficking.
John
Agwy, 32, who the NDEA described as uncooperative with investigators was arrested
during the early hours of September 14, 2012 at the Banjul International
Airport. He had flown
into the Gambia on board an
Arik Airliner from Nigeria.
The
spokesperson of the NDEA, Superintendent Abdoulie Ceesay said the suspect had
earlier denied being in possession of any substance, but later confess to
swallowing pellets of cocaine while under custody and observation. He later
excreted the pellets of cocaine.
The
narcotic operatives are eager to know the final destination of the suspected
cocaine, hoping for more arrests, but lament the suspect is not cooperating at
the moment.
Drug history
On July 3, 2012 Gambia’s National Drug Enforcement
Agency (NDEA) set ablaze 3 tonnes, 15 kilos and 47 grams ofcannabis, 8 kilos and 2 grams of cocaine, and 20 grams of heroin.
In
2010, Gambia
witnessed its biggest cocaine (more than two tonnes) bust at a warehouse in
Bonto village in the West Coast Region which British forensic experts said
worth over $1 billion.
What is clear is that the proceeds of crime in the
country are mainly derived from drug trafficking, bribery and corruption, the
tourism industry, foreign exchange transactions, and other related acquisitive
crimes.
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