Liberia: How a Low-Level Airport Worker Became a Mule for Drug Traffickers in Liberia

Liberia: How a Low-Level Airport Worker Became a Mule for Drug Traffickers in Liberia

Monrovia -- When Liberian senators gathered Wednesday, July 1, 2026 for a joint security hearing into the country's US$19 million cocaine seizure, one name kept resurfacing -- a name that, for anyone paying attention to Liberia's drug enforcement record over the past two years, should have set off alarm bells long before the cocaine ever reached Roberts International Airport (RIA).

Why the RIA US$19.2 Million Drug Investigation Is Looking Everywhere Except Itself? - Global News Network Liberia

When news broke on June 8, 2026, that the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) had intercepted over 237 kilograms of cocaine valued at an astronomical US$19.2 million at Roberts International Airport (RIA), the national response was a mix of shock and praise. It was touted as a historic win for law enforcement. But weeks later, as the Special Joint Investigative Team elevated the case into a high-level national security probe, a troubling patt…