Gambia: DLEAG Nabs 22 People for Drug Trafficking,Possession

As part of ongoing effort to ensure the country remains hostile to persons involved in illegal drugs trafficking and possession, twenty-two people have been arrested and are facing multiple drug related charges, a regional commissioner of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency Gambia (DLEAG) told Foroyaa on Wednesday.

The Commissioner who was speaking on condition of anonymity said the arrests were made in the Kanifing Municipality by DLEAG officers in September 2020, adding that they were able to register 18 related drug cases, 13 among them were possessing prohibited drugs, three (3) were trafficking, two (2) were drugs in a property and one (1) for obstruction.

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