From E. Varney Kamah, GNN Correspondent, Maryland County |
Officers of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) in Maryland County have arrested ten (10) persons in the southeastern part of Liberia Maryland County 381 kilometers off Monrovia for drug abuse and trafficking.
The arrests of the ten persons were made recently in County and they are currently at the headquarters of the LDEA in Harper, due to the lack of prison facility in the County.
The Chief of Operations of the joint security and LDEA boss in Maryland informed this paper that 35 kilos of both substances seized are valued at twenty eight thousand Liberians dollars and the men were arrested in both Harper and Pleebo.
Those arrested in the County are Prince Toe age 24; Junior Bowman, 31; Melvin Toe, 25; Herryson Type age 19,and Sieh Bedell age 22 others are Christopher Wilson age 21; Prince Koffa, 18; Christopher Dosse, 28; Titus Elliot, 17; and Martha Weah, 65 who also sell drugs in the County very old woman.
Addressing reporters the LDEA Maryland County Commander, Joseph Tageddine, said the increase in the crime rate in the county is on a high level and as the festive season approaches, the LDEA has decided launched a security operation “sleeping wave”, and He further mentioned that they will target hotpots for criminals and their activities.
“We have the constitutional mandate to protect life and property as security officers assigned in the Maryland county and we will do all we can to minimize the inflow of drugs in Maryland,” Commander Tageddine said.
The Maryland LDEA Commander disclosed that until January next year, his force will continue to arrest criminals from both Harper and Pleebo cities.
“In recent time we notice the high increase in criminals activities and from the beginning of this operation we have arrested 16 persons with 15 kilograms of high-grade Marijuana and (20)Kilograms of Thai white which is the street name of heroine,“ he said.
“We are actually constrained with the issues of Prison Facility in Maryland, we don’t have facility to place these alleged suspects when we arrested them, we will have to transport them to Fish Town River Gee while they await court trail,” the LDEA Commander explained.
Commander Tageddine assures citizens and residents of Maryland that they will have a peaceful and Joyful Christmas and New Year Celebrations this year, meanwhile, He at the same time extended words appreciation to the Community Watch Forum teams in Maryland their efforts in fighting crimes and harmful activities in County.
Maryland county is one of the five Counties in Maryland Liberia and far away county in the Republic, it perison facility was broke through during a massive protest early this year and still suffering from such condition.
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