Liberia, Feb. 22 -- MONROVIA -The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 seized pills of hard drugs with a street value of more than three million Liberian dollars in Sayon Town, Bushord Island.

By Selma Lomax, selma.lomax@frontpageafrficaonline.com

The agency also arrested no fewer than 10 suspects for allegedly trafficking drugs. It marked the first drug bust by the director of the LDEA, Abraham Kromah, since his appointment by President Joseph Boakai last month. He said the operation was necessitated by the need to combat drug abuse.

Kromah during an interview with journalists disclosed that the tramadol pills and bottles of codeine syrup were discovered following raids of different hideouts of drug c...