DLEAG operatives stationed within the West Coast Region conducted a joint operation that resulted in the arrest of two persons while the main suspect is currently at large.
The said covert operation occurred on the 25 June 2021 around 13:00 Hours GMT onwards at the outskirt of Jenung Kunda Village, West Coast Region. DLEAG operatives siezed fifty one (51) big bundles of suspected cannabis sativa with each bundle wrapped in a brown paper, concealed in five (5) separate white bags. The means of conveyance was a black melium unregistered motor cycle ridden by one Lamin Jammeh, a Senegalese and a resident of Tamba Kunda in Cassamance. He claimed to have been hired by the main suspect to transport the said seized cannabis for him. The officers equally have in custody a Mercedes Benz Taxi BJL 8951 M said to be have been hired to transport the seized illicit substances.
The main suspect Adama E. Jagne alias Aduboy, an adult male Gambian and a resident of Serrekunda evaded arrest and is currently at large. Lamin Jammeh, the Senegalese national hired to transport the seized suspected cannabis from Cassamance is in custody together with Sheriff Jammeh, the Gambian taxi driver hired by aduboy to collect the seized suspected cannabis from the bush to town.
Sheriff the taxi driver revealed that adu boy jumped from his vehicle into the bush before he was intercepted by pursuing narcotic officers.
Both the taxi driver and the transporter revealed that they were working at the behest of the main suspect who is suspected to have fled to cassamance.
It is also interesting to note that the main suspect Adama E. Jagne was on Thursday 24th June 2021 charged with conspiracy in the case of the 29 bundles of cannabis seized by the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) Officers in banyaka village on the 14 of June 2021. He was granted bail and suppose to report back today Monday 28 June 2021 before which he got himself engulfed in another illegal activity.
Adama Jagne alias Aduboy was a Military Police Officer arrested for drug trafficking related offenses. He was immediately dismissed from the military and tried for being in possession of prohibited drugs for the purpose of drug trafficking. Looking at his link to these cases, it is clear that he isn’t reformed and is still engaged in illegal activities.
Investigation into the matter continues
