利比里亚当局周四焚毁了4.2公吨可卡因，市值约3.36亿美元[1]。这场销毁行动发生在该国历史上最大规模毒品缉获案发生后数天内[1]。被焚毁的可卡因来自上周在距首都蒙罗维亚28公里的杜亚松地产缉获的近4公吨毒品，该缉获案涉及药物价值约3.17亿美元[1]。
此次事件暴露出执法机构内部的严重腐败问题。多名高级警察官员因涉嫌参与贩毒活动而被指控，包括公路巡警队长、重案组负责人以及机场副警察指挥官[1]。上周缉获行动中，一名塞尔维亚籍和一名哥伦比亚-西班牙双国籍人士被逮捕[1]。此外，利比里亚当局在6月还在罗伯茨国际机场缉获了237公斤可卡因，价值超过1,900万美元[1]。
警察总监Gregory O.W. Coleman表示，焚毁行动旨在发送"清晰信号"，表明利比里亚不再是毒贩的"舒适之地"[1]。根据全球打击跨国有组织犯罪倡议的数据，至少30%运往欧洲的可卡因现已经过西非地区[1]。
Liberian authorities destroyed approximately 4.2 tons of cocaine valued at around $336 million on Thursday, marking a major enforcement action following what officials describe as the country's largest drug seizure on record [1]. The destruction came just days after the initial confiscation of nearly 4 tons of the drug, estimated at approximately $317 million [1].
The massive seizure has cast a shadow over the country's law enforcement establishment, with several high-ranking police officials now implicated in drug trafficking. Those facing accusations include the head of the highway patrol unit, the commander of the serious crimes division, and the deputy police commander at the airport [1]. Two individuals were arrested in connection with the seized drugs: a Serbian national and a person with dual Colombian-Spanish citizenship [1]. The cocaine was discovered on the Duahson estate, located approximately 28 kilometers from the capital, Monrovia [1].
Police Inspector General Gregory O.W. Coleman characterized the incineration as sending a "clear signal" that Liberia would no longer serve as a comfortable haven for drug traffickers [1]. The seizure underscores the country's role in international narcotics trafficking patterns; according to the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, at least 30 percent of cocaine destined for Europe now transits through West Africa [1]. An earlier separate cocaine seizure of 237 kilograms at Roberts International Airport in June was valued at over $19 million [1].