Gambia: Senegalese Opens Defence in Alleged Drug Trial

A Senegalese man who is facing drug possession charge before Magistrate Malafy Jarju at the Banjul Magistrates' Court, Tuesday opened his defence as first defence witness in the case.

In his defence testimony, Samba Juma Bah said he was going to a funeral at his village called Nyorro on the day of his arrest. He said when he arrived at the border; officers asked them to produce their documents and identify their luggages. "I came down without a bag because nothing was on me," he said.

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