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This (cocaine) destruction
shows the whole world The Gambia’s stance on drugs and corruption is clear as
we are translating our slogan: “No to drugs and corruption” into concrete
actions, says Yahya Jammeh.
In a statement read on his
behalf by Njogu Bah, minister of presidential affairs during the “destruction
of 2 tons, 190kg and 500g of cocaine”, Jammeh said: “Since 1994 I had made it
clear that my government would never be a party to any kind of social ill that
has the potential of wrecking the future of the citizens of the Gambia,
especially the youth.”
Destroyed on March 4, 2013, the
cocaine, which worth over US$1 billion, was seized in 2010 from a warehouse at
Bonto village, Kombo East District, West Coast Region of The Gambia.
Cocaine bust, estimated to worth $1 billion, June 2010, Banjul |
They
were all convicted sent to jail on various prison sentences from 50 years
and a fine of 50 million Gambian Dalasis. An appeal against the sentencing was rejected on Feb. 28, 2013.
Hardest job
“Combating drugs is one of the
hardest jobs one can embark upon in our modern times,” claims Mr. Samba Gajajo,
director general National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDEA).
He said there has been a global
increase in the production of drugs and the massive production models have been
backed by advanced technologies that have the potential of making drugs cartels
and barons go unnoticed and unchecked.
President of The Gambia Yahya Jammeh (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
The puzzle
“Over two years after British and Gambian forces
made this landmark seizure of 2 tonnes of cocaine in Bonto, those linked to the
shipment - all of them foreigners - had been arrested, tried and jailed,” wrote
Saikou Jammeh.
“But the puzzle remains: How could such a grand
scheme of illicit drug bank exist here without local backers?” he asked. “Until
these are traced, the fight against drug in Gambia will remain an uphill climb
because it suggests some big fish are escaping the net.”
Written by Modou S. Joof
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