
It was a huge haul of drugs shipped from Ecuador to Sierra Leone in 40-feet high containers full of nappies. The drug cartels of Latin America use bases like Sierra Leone in West Africa as the transit point for distribution of the contraband in Europe. The drug lords exploit the poverty in the region and its weak border control.
The authorities have arrested five persons (Sierra Leoneans and foreigners) following a series of raids in the capital, Freetown.
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