LDEA officer held with tramadol and 8.23 kg kush in pickup
LDEA Grand Gedeh officers intercepted a maroon pickup in late October 2026 and arrested 44-year-old officer Kolubah Coleman of the Maryland detachment with 26 boxes of tramadol worth LRD 520,000 and 8.23 kg of suspected kush worth LRD 31,274. She was charged with illegal possession and sent to court.
🇱🇷 Grand Gedeh County · Liberia
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 8.2 kg
Officers of the LDEA’s Grand Gedeh County Detachment intercepted 44-year-old
Kolubah Coleman, an officer assigned to the agency’s Maryland County Detachment,
during an intelligence-led search of a maroon pickup truck with licence plate
A53809.[1][2]
The search uncovered 26 boxes of tramadol valued at about LRD 520,000 (US$2,787)
alongside 8.23 kilograms of suspected kush valued at LRD 31,274 (US$165).[1][2]
Coleman was formally charged with illegal possession of narcotics and forwarded
to the local court for prosecution.[1][2]
The agency reaffirmed that nobody is above the law regardless of rank.[2] The
arrest raised questions about internal oversight within the country’s primary
drug-enforcement body; Coleman maintains the presumption of innocence.[1][2]
Sources
- LDEA Officer Arrested Over Alleged Drug Possession. GNN Liberia, 26 October 2026.
- LDEA officer arrested in Grand Gedeh with 26 boxes of Tramadol, 8.23kg of suspected Kush. Refresh Liberia, 25 October 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- The exact arrest date is inferred as 25 October 2026 from publication dates (26 October and "4 days ago" on 29 October); it is not stated.
- The origin and intended destination of the drugs are unknown.
- The court outcome is unreported; Coleman is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.