{"id":40143,"date":"2023-08-04T11:53:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T11:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/banta-keita-cocaine-money-laundering-case-resumes-yesterday"},"modified":"2023-08-04T12:32:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T12:32:06","slug":"banta-keita-cocaine-money-laundering-case-resumes-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/banta-keita-cocaine-money-laundering-case-resumes-yesterday","title":{"rendered":"Banta Keita cocaine &amp; money laundering case resumes yesterday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The trial involving fugitive Banta Keita, a French-Gambian national, who is charged with money laundering and other drug-related offences will resumed yesterday before Justice Ngui Mboob of the High Court in New Jeshwang.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lamin Gassama, the director of Investigation and International Cooperation of the DLEAG is expected to be cross examined by the defence counsel Sheriff Tambadou.<\/p>\n<p>Operatives of the country\u2019s Drug Law Enforcement Agency The-Gambia, (DLEAG) in January 2021 seized nearly three tonnes of cocaine from a shipment of industrial salt originating from Ecuador, amounting to over $88 million. It is reported to be the biggest ever cocaine seizure in the country by the narcotics agency.<\/p>\n<p>The 118 bags weighed a gross 2tonnes, 952kg, and 850g. The cocaine was discovered during a search of a container shipped from the port of Guayaquil in Ecuador and through Algeciras in Spain, and then to the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The trial involving fugitive Banta Keita, a French-Gambian national, who is charged with money laundering and other drug-related offences will resumed yesterday before Justice Ngui Mboob of the High Court in New Jeshwang. 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