DLEAG said 36 years old Foday Fatty, 20 years old Sainey Badjie and 25 years old Lamin Badjie residents of Lamin and Brikama were arrested on board a commercial vehicle with registration number BJL 4452B at Bullock checkpoint on the 30th of January 2023 around 10:00hrs with quantities of suspected cannabis sativa and three stones of suspected cannabis resin (hashish). They said the latter was concealed in a transparent nylon bag, while the cannabis sativa was stored in a bucket.
The Law Enforcement Agency also revealed that 30-year-old Lamin Drammeh, a resident of Babylon Village was arrested on the 30th of January at around 21:00hrs onwards with seventy-four wraps of suspected cannabis sativa concealed in white paper wrapped in a nylon bag and placed inside a camouflage bag.
“25 years old Nyalling Ginda a resident of Basse was arrested on the 31st of January 2023 at around 12:00hrs onwards with nineteen wraps of suspected cannabis sativa which is concealed in a multicolor nylon bag in a tailoring workshop. 23-year-old Bubacarr Jaiteh, a resident of Sukuta Nema was arrested on the 1st of February at around 10:30hrs onwards with four parcels and seventy-four wraps of suspected cannabis sativa which is concealed in white paper and placed inside a transparent nylon bag,” DLEAG said on Friday.
Also, among the seven arrested is 25 years old Ebrima Touray a resident of Jabang who they said was arrested on the 2nd of February at around 23:30hrs onwards with six parcels of suspected cannabis sativa which was concealed in white paper and placed inside a multicolor nylon bag
The Drug Law Enforcement Agency (DLEAG) said all the suspects are currently in custody while further investigations continue.