LDEA seizes 1,929 kg of marijuana in Brewerville and arrests two
Liberia's LDEA said an intelligence-led raid in Brewerville on 18 September 2025 recovered 1,929 kg of compressed marijuana valued at about US$146,604 and arrested a Nigerian man and a Sierra Leonean teenager.
The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency seized1,929 kilograms of compressed marijuana in
Brewerville, on the outskirts of Monrovia, on 18 September 2025.[1][2]
Fitzgerald Biago, then head of the LDEA interim team, told a press conference that the
intelligence-led operation was carried out with the Liberia National Police and found the drugs
in a building.[1][2]GNN said the raid was in District #17.[2]Biago valued the haul at
L$27,850,760, about US$146,604.[1][2]
Two suspects were arrested: Umar Mohammed, 38, a Nigerian known as “Degote”, and Abdullah
Kamara, 18, a Sierra Leonean.[1][2]Both were held by the LDEA while investigators tried to
establish whether the marijuana entered by land border or by water, and were to be charged and
sent to court when the investigation ended.[1][2]
Photos and video
Photograph published with the LDEA briefing shows the two arrested men standing outdoors. Photo: Zeze Ballah / Crime Watch Liberia via The Liberian Investigator.Photo details
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LDEA agents arrested Mamie Williams at the Karloken checkpoint in Maryland County on 9 September 2026 with four plates of marijuana valued at about US$400. She was held in Harper while investigators looked into the origin and destination of the drugs.
A regional evaluation reported that most investigated drug-possession and trafficking cases ended with on-the-spot fines, and that only one drug conviction had been recorded in 2010. Officers lacked a forensic laboratory and relied on old UN-donated testing kits. The report called for a stronger anti-trafficking law; Liberia adopted a new drug statute in 2014.
Liberia's drug agency, backed by UN police, destroyed about 440,000 cannabis plants in Bong and Nimba counties between June and October 2008. No farmers were arrested; the agency said armed ex-fighters guarded the remote farms.
