Gambia Inaugurates First Police Forensic Science Lab

As part of activities marking the celebrations of The Gambia's 48th Independence Anniversary, the country's first ever Forensic Science Laboratory was on Tuesday inaugurated at the Gambia Police Force headquarters by the vice president and minister of Women's Affairs, Her Excellency, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy.

Funded by the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan), the laboratory contains an automated finger printing machine system which is expected to be operated by eight Gambian police officers who had earlier received training in Taiwan.

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