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Liberia police torch a tonne of cannabis
AFP
Wednesday 14 Nov 2007 GBARNA (AFP) — Police in Liberia's central Bong county on Wednesday incinerated 1,000 kilogrammes of cannabis seized recently in separate drug hauls. "This is the first time such an important amount of drug is being burnt in the country," the country's drug enforcement agency head James Jallah, told AFP at the scene. The cannabis was valued at around 14,000 US dollars on the Liberian market. Jallah expressed concern that the county which borders southern Guinea was becoming a top drug-producing region in the west African country. He said police had information that there were more than 20 farms producing marijuana in the one county alone, out of the nation's 15 counties. "We are on the hunt (for the farms)," he said. The drug burnt on Wednesday was seized at various police checkpoints in Bong county. Police said it was for predominantly local consumption. Countries north of Liberia, such as Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Mauritania, are increasingly being used by criminal gangs as a hub for shipping cocaine from producer nations in Latin America to Europe. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ghwJ_z0CJroeShFVaGeDrwGDVIBg
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