Liberia: PUL Demands Proof Over Drug Claims

Liberia: PUL Demands Proof Over Drug Claims

The Liberian media and national security establishments are on a collision course after the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Boakai administration to publicly substantiate explosive allegations that drug trafficking organizations infiltrated sections of the media to manipulate public reporting on the country's largest-ever cocaine investigation.

PUL Gives Boakai Gov’t Ultimatum To Produce Evidence That “Drug Cartel” Has Bribed Some Liberian Media Outlets

“Produce Evidence Or Face Consequences”- PUL Demands PHOTO: (L-R) PUL President Julius Kanubah and Police IG Gregory Coleman PUL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Produce Evidence Or Face Consequences - PUL Issues Ultimatum to Boakai Administration Amid Blanket Indictment of Media (30 July 2026, Monrovia): The Press Union of Liberia (PUL) has issued a 72–hour ultimatum to

LNP CHIEF ALLEGES SECURITY OFFICERS, MEDIA ACTORS LINKED TO COCAINE TRAFFICKING NETWORK

By Socrates Smythe Saywon | Smart News Liberia MONROVIA – Inspector General of the Liberia National Police (LNP), Col. Gregory O. W. Coleman, has disclosed that several state security officers are being investigated for allegedly facilitating the movement of cocaine in Liberia, as authorities intensify efforts to dismantle what he described as a sophisticated narcotics trafficking network operating in the country since 2021. Coleman made the dis…

Gongloe Links Drug Trafficking to Corruption, Moral Decline - Liberia news The New Dawn Liberia, premier resource for latest news

By Lincoln G. Peters CONGO TOWN, Monrovia, July 30, 2026 — Prominent Liberian human rights lawyer Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has linked the country’s growing narcotics problem, including the recent seizure of cocaine valued at more than US$317 million, to corruption and what he described as a broader moral decline in Liberia. Speaking as a panelist during Restoration Baptist Church’s Independence Day celebration under the theme, “When the Church …