On diverse dates between Friday 6th and Monday 9th August 2021, a team of Sierra Leone Police, NRA and other security sector personnel conducted a search on containers at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay (Water Quay) and discovered 41 sachets of Mash Mallow, 3 litres of Acetone liquid and 19 electronic scales, used to weigh drugs.
The Director of Crime Services in the Sierra Leone Police Force, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) William Fayia Sellu, stated that the influx of Kush and the movement of cannabis sativa in the country has become a cause for concern, especially at a time when the government places premium on human capital development.
He said that the Police, together with ONS and other partners, have positioned themselves to cut off the supply chain of these drugs.
Mash Mallow, AIG Sellu explained, is a plant grown in Europe that cannot be found in Africa, adding that the said plant is the raw material which can be mixed with the Acetone liquid in a lab to produce Kush.
He informed that five people, namely, Komra-Bai Kamara, Kassim Rahim Deen, Francis Tommy Pacher, Osman Deen and Ishaka Jalloh were arrested and are helping the Police with investigations.
The Director of Crime Services also recalled how on 30th July 2021 at Fala Checkpoint around Bo, Ibrahim Abu Kargbo and Mohamed Sesay were arrested with 17 bundles of cannabis sativa weighing 213kg, which is equivalent to four 50kg bags of rice.
The substance, he said was taken to the police toxicology lab and was tested and found to be cannabinoids.
In his contribution, ONS spokesperson, Karim Will, stated that Sierra Leone will not be a safe haven for miscreants who are engaged in drugs, and warned those engaged in the trade or intend to join it to desist forthwith in their own interest.
