Pubdate: Mon, 29 Sep 2003
Source: Independent, The (Gambia)
Copyright: The Independent 2003
Contact:  http://www.qanet.gm/Independent/independent.html
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2912
Author: Alieu Darboe

DRUG TRAFFICKING, CONSUMPTION RISES IN NBD

Banjul

Police sources in NBD have breathed to The Independent that drug 
trafficking and consumption is on the up in the northern part of the country.

A source said the situation is worse in Farafenni and its surroundings.

The source, a law enforcement officer, said the police would intensify its 
drugs war. The police, he stressed, will not spare anybody caught with 
prohibited drugs. He denied allegations that police officers often connive 
with traffickers as they are meant to give a bad name to the police force. 
"The police is one family and to enforce the law is our mission," he 
maintained.

The Independent was reliably informed that some drug traffickers in 
Farafenni were raided and some large quantity of cannabis found in their 
possession. They were then whisked off in a waiting police pickup with 
registration number GFP 7ffn, belonging to the Farafenni Police Station.

The Officer Commanding Farafenni division, Pa Sylva, could not be reached 
for details but an insider confirmed the arrest but stopped short of giving 
further details.

Meanwhile many Farafenni residents lauded the raids ad drugs trafficking 
was rife in the area.
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