Liberia seizes €277 million worth of cocaine linked to 'organised and well-funded' trafficking network
- Published on 23/07/2026 - 16:29 GMT+2 Liberian authorities have seized nearly four tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated $317 million (€277 million) in what authorities call one of the country's largest drug busts.
- The operation took place on the road leading to Roberts International Airport, about 30 kilometres from the capital, Monrovia, and led to the arrest of two foreign nationals.
- The seizure "revealed an organised, sophisticated, complex and well-funded narcotics trafficking network," said the attorney general and justice minister.
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- Published on 23/07/2026 - 16:29 GMT+2 Liberian authorities have seized nearly four tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated $317 million (€277 million) in what authorities call one of the country's largest drug busts.
- The operation took place on the road leading to Roberts International Airport, about 30 kilometres from the capital, Monrovia, and led to the arrest of two foreign nationals.
- The seizure "revealed an organised, sophisticated, complex and well-funded narcotics trafficking network," said the attorney general and justice minister.
Sources: Euronews