Sierra Leone: Large Acres of 'Diamba' Farm Destroyed ...Five in Police Net

Some acres of marijuana farm known as diamba in local parlance were yesterday destroyed in the Port Loko District by the Sierra Leone Police during "Operation Green Hay" for which Matimos, Gbaloh and Makorbeh villages in Koya Chiefdom were raided by a special unit known as Transnational Organised Crime Unit TOCU) sponsored by the Irish government.

TOCU, according to the police media department, is an initiative piloted by four Africa countries including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea Bissau.

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