Authorities of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) have disclosed the arrest of two Liberian ladies at the Roberts International Airport (RIA), who were caught in possession of Heroin, worth L$30,600,000 (thirty million six hundred thousand Liberian dollars).
The LDEA disclosed that the arrest was made yesterday by agents of the agency at the RIA. They said the necrotic substances were discovered following Asky Airline’s arrival at the airport.
According to the LDEA Commander at the RIA, the heroin was hidden in a double cotton, with clothes in it. Following the discovery, the LDEA’s RIA Commander noted that they (security officers) were on surveillance to see who the box belongs to. In the process, Jemesetta Ferguson, age 38, and Garma Jallah, age 43, came for the box at the airport. There and then they were arrested by the LDEA officers.
The disclosure was made by authorities of the LDEA at a press conference held yesterday. At the same time, authorities of the agency have called on the National Legislature to quickly act in making crimes associated with drugs non-billable, in order to stop the increase in narcotic substances in the country.
According to the LDEA boss, their action is not sufficient to stop the spread of narcotic drugs in the absence of a non-billable drug law.
When contacted, the Country Director of Asky Airline, Henry Beason, responding to the LDEA’s accusation that the drug was brought in by his airline, said the information was far-fetched, with no iota of truth. He challenged the LDEA to show the box’s baggage tag from his airline.