Cops burn 1 000kg cannabis
2007-11-14 13:38
Gbarna - Police in Liberia's central Bong County on Wednesday incinerated 1 000kg of cannabis seized recently in separate drug hauls.
The country's drug enforcement agency head James Jallah said: "This is the first time such an important amount of drug is being burnt in the country."
The cannabis was valued at about $14 000 on the Liberian market.
Jallah expressed concern that the county, which bordered southern Guinea was becoming a top drug-producing region in the west African country.
He said police had information that there were more than 20 farms producing marijuana in the one county alone, out of the nation's 15 counties.
He said: "We are on the hunt for the farms."
The drug burnt on Wednesday was seized at various police checkpoints in Bong county. Police said it was for predominantly local consumption.
Countries north of Liberia, such as Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Mauritania, were increasingly being used by criminal gangs as a hub for shipping cocaine from producer nations in Latin America to Europe.
- AFP