Liberia: Suspected Narcotics Shipment From Malaysia Under Testing at Roberts Airport Amid Growing Trafficking Concerns

Photographs reviewed by FPA show the consignment arrived packed across multiple DHL “GoGreen Plus” cartons, each marked with recommended-weight guides and shipping labels citing waybill number 96 5091 8255. A 202. 5 kg shipment declared as botanical powder, coffee and candy — sent from Malaysia and cleared through Roberts International Airport customs — is now being tested for narcotics after drawing suspicion, FrontPageAfrica has learned. The development adds to a year marked by escalating cocaine seizures that have placed Liberia at the center of West Africa’s trafficking corridor. By Rodney D. Sieh, rodney. sieh@frontpageafricaonline. com Monrovia – Liberian authorities are testing materials recovered from a shipment that arrived at Roberts International Airport (RIA) via DHL from Malaysia to determine whether it is narcotics, according to documents obtained by FrontPageAfrica Saturday.

FrontPageAfrica has been informed that Liberian investigators are working with US authorities as part of ongoing probe into the recent wave of drug busts in Liberia. Paperwork in possession of FPA shows the shipment — declared as “Botanical Powder, Coffee, Candy,” weighing roughly 202. 5 kg — was sent by Dynamic Ace Global Sdn Bhd of Selangor, Malaysia, and consigned to a Tan Gouet Gerard at an address on Fiamah Coleman Avenue, Monrovia. Photographs reviewed by FPA show the consignment arrived packed across multiple DHL “GoGreen Plus” cartons, each marked with recommended-weight guides and shipping labels citing waybill number 96 5091 8255. Shipping labels further indicate the consignment was broken into multiple pieces — one carton examined was marked “Piece 3/9,” with an individual weight of 22. 5 kg against a total shipment weight of 202. 5 kg, suggesting the shipment arrived as nine…