By Adama Makasuba
A 38-year-old Senegalese man has been arrested and detained on charges of being in possession of suspected prohibited drugs.
“DLEAG’s Kalaji field office on the 30 December 2021 around 10:00 AM onwards took into custody a Senegalese national residing in Bambadala village located in the Southern Senegalese Region of Cassamance on charges of being in possession of suspected prohibited drugs,” the Drug Law Enforcement Agency said.
“38 years old Dawuda Sowe was clutched He was clutched with ten (10) big bundles of suspected cannabis sativa at Juwekel village in the West Coast Region. The said suspected cannabis were wrapped with brown cement papers and concealed in a flour bag. The means of conveyance was a motorcycle
“In a similar but separate development, DLEAG’s Brusubi field office recovered one big bundle of suspected cannabis from a suspect who is currently at large. The suspect carried a school bag that contained suspected cannabis while riding a pedal bicycle. The said incident happened at Abuko on the 30 December 2021 around 17:40 GMT onwards,” it added.
Meanwhile, it continued that: “Bakau field office took into custody Omar Bangura and Ablie Njie alias Papa Lie for possession of suspected prohibited drugs. They were apprehended on the 29 December 2021 around 06:36 AM onwards at Bakau with four (4) bundles of suspected cannabis.
“A Twenty (20) years old student was also arrested by DLEAG’s Kanifing field office at Kololi with twenty-four (24) small stones of Hashish and twelve (12) wraps of suspected cannabis sativa. In the West Coast Region, Musa Camara of Tabokoto was apprehended by DLEAG’s Brikama field office with three (3) parcels and one hundred and fifty-two (152) wraps of suspected cannabis sativa. He was nabbed on the 29 December 2021 around 14:45 GMT onwards at Brikama Darsilameh.”