Monrovia, April 21 -- A major drug trafficking attempt was foiled on Thursday morning after officers of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) arrested a 23-year-old Liberian man in possession of over 58,000 pills of Tramadol at the Bo Waterside Port of Entry.

By Patience M. Jones, contributing writer

The suspect, identified as Mohammed Sangare, was intercepted around 11:00 a.m. while driving a white minibus with license plate AM 6206. Sangare, a resident of the Stephen Tolbert Estate in Monrovia, was reportedly traveling from the Madina Market parking area in Conakry, Guinea.

During a routine vehicle inspection, LDEA agents discovered 583 packs containing a total of 58,300 pills of Tramadol, a controlled substance. Authorities es...