The Point Newspaper states that, The National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA) will on Tuesday July 3 2012 embark on a massive public drug destruction exercise. The exercise, is part of activities marking the commemoration of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking.
Though no specific figure as to the amount of drugs to be destroyed were given, it would recall that sometime in May 2010, 12 foreign nationals were arrested, prosecuted and jailed by the Banjul Magistrates’ Court for being in possession of cocaine amounting to two and half tons.
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