Liberian authorities burn $336 million in cocaine as senior police officials are implicated
The filing accuses the defendants of importation, trafficking and conspiracy in a scheme prosecutors say used aircraft, cover businesses and airport access.
- Liberian authorities burned US$336 million worth of cocaine, the country's largest-ever drug seizure, and implicated senior police officials in the trafficking operation.
- The charge sheet alleges an intricate smuggling operation dating back to 2024, involving foreign nationals, aircraft, and a cover fishing business near the Po River.
- Twelve defendants face charges including importation of controlled drugs, illicit trafficking, criminal conspiracy, and illegal firearm possession under Liberian law.
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The Independent (US)Authorities burn cocaine worth $336 million in country’s largest drug bust
The massive haul, Liberia's biggest drug bust in history, amounted to nearly 4 metric tons (8,818 pounds)
Liberia Formally Indicts 12 in Record $317.68m Cocaine Case, Alleging a Smuggling Scheme That Reaches Back to 2024 but Big Names Noticeably Missing
Monrovia -- Liberia's record US$317.68 million cocaine case has moved from allegation to formal charge. A writ of arrest and police charge sheet filed at the Paynesville City Magisterial Court, before Stipendiary Magistrate William G. Saygah, names twelve defendants and lays out -- in more detail than has previously been public -- the government's account of how the operation is alleged to have worked.
Liberian authorities burned some 4.2 tons of cocaine worth about $336 million on Thursday, days after announcing the largest drug seizure in the country's history and involving high-ranking police officers in the trafficking operation.
As US Drugs Enforcement Agents Come To Liberia, LNP Charges Senior Security Officers In Biggest Drug Trafficking Investigation
More State Security Officers Remain Under Active Investigation While Joint Security Task Force Burns thhe US$19.2M and US$317M Cocaine Seized Recently, After Liberian Court’s Permission Several senior security officers in connection with an ongoing investigation into a major drug trafficking operation, Liberia National Police Inspector General, Gregory Coleman disclosed in Monrovia today, Thursday, July 30, 2026. LNP IG Coleman disclosed that in…
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