DLEAG operatives stationed at the Banjul International Airport conducted a sting operation that resulted in the seizure of one hundred and thirty-one (131) pellets of suspected cocaine. Ebrima Makalo, a Gambian national holding a Spanish residential permit was arrested at the boarding gate of a Vueling flight en route to Barcelona, Spain. The said incident happened on Saturday 22nd June 2024 and the drugs were concealed in his boxer.
The arrest is part of a series of interdictions effected by operatives as DLEAG alongside other security apparatus stationed at the airport intensifies security measures aimed at ensuring that the airport remains a hostile territory for illicit drug traffickers and their patrons.
Before this incident, DLEAG operatives alongside AVSEC security personnel earlier arrested one Lamin Keita who was also travelling with Vueling airline to Barcelona on the 11TH of June 2024 with four (4) blocks of cocaine weighing five (5) kilograms. Similarly, Abdourahim Diallo, a Senegalese National holding a Spanish residential permit was clutched at the cabin screening point during checking for a Royal Air Maroc flight to Casablanca with 120 pellets and three (3) parcels of cocaine weighing 2kg 400g. His final destination was Spain.
The suspect was taken into custody while further investigations continue
