The Perspective
Atlanta, Georgia
April 10, 2021

Cocaine Discovered By Some Residents Of Fish Town, Maryland County

It is a little over two months since local Ghanaian fishermen resident in the seaside town of Fish Town in Maryland County went on their usual fishing expedition. Unsuspectingly, the Ghanaian fishermen discovered some enclosed floating boxes or packages. In addition to their limited catch of fish at sea, they returned ashore with a couple of the unknown packages.

At the close of every fishing expedition, local fish traders from Harper and Pleebo would be along the beaches to buy fish for the local markets in Pleebo or Harper respectively.

 Astonished at the unusual packages that were spotted onboard the Ghanaian fishermen’s boat, curiosity struck traders and onlookers as it were. When the Ghanaian fishermen were questioned as to the content, they narrated the find was seen floating on the high sea and they made the decision to bring the packages onshore despite having absolutely no knowledge of their contents.

Whispers and murmurs started to occasion the beach as more onlookers showed up. The Ghanaian fishermen who later fled Fish Town, according to eyewitnesses offered gifts to the local Chief of Fish Town as well as his councilmen. In effect, the Town Chief was compromised with a stash of cocaine.

When fish traders and a host of others reached Harper and Pleebo, the news about the cocaine finds immediately attracted the attention of the local Drug Enforcement Agency in Harper City. Without any search warrant, the DEA agents descended on Fish Town. The home of the Town Chief, Wla-Nyemah Mack, was ransacked by the DEA agents and officers of the local Police Detachment.

Scores of local journalists based in Maryland County who spoke on condition of anonymity said they could not break the story for fear of their lives.  News of the cocaine find spread like wildfire and coincided with President George Manneh Weah’s recent visit to the region.  The finds are dangerous to the health of the children and people of Liberia.  But, strangely, the cocaine fiasco is treated mutely.

          According to one highly placed source, Police 102, Prince Mulbah arrested and detained a local police officer in Harper after an alleged Nigerian drug peddler complained to 102 that the officer (name withheld) sold a fake drug (Cocaine) to him, especially at a time when the news about the Fish Town cocaine find was widely circulated.

          Our very reliable revealed officers of the local Drug Enforcement Agency assigned to the country, who could not afford to buy a bicycle are now seen with brand Apache and CVS motorcycles, the latest smartphones; while some are now acquiring parcels of land let alone openly indicating their possible exit from the DEA to venture into the private sector.

 The latest dramatic twist raises serious eyebrows as to the alleged complicity and duplicity of law enforcement in aiding and abetting the sale and distribution of contrabands.

          Questions lingering on the minds of many Liberians particularly those in Maryland are why didn’t the DEA burn the cache of cocaine as is customarily done by the agency; and why didn’t the DEA obtain a search and seizure warrant prior to ransacking the home of Town Chief, Wla-Nyemah Mack.

 The quasi dawn raid on the home of Town Chief Wla-Nyemah Mack was led by Joseph Tageddine; DEA Commissioner for Maryland County, along with Robin Boakai, Deputy DEA Commander, and Jacob Commehn, County Commander, Liberia National Police.    

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Ekena Wesley
Paynesville City
Monrovia, Liberia
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