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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>January\u2019s news that authorities had seized a container of machine guns and other weapons at Monrovia\u2019s port sent shock waves through the country. The first known illegal importation of guns since the end of the civil war in 2003 came as violent crime has ticked up, adding to a growing sense of insecurity for many Liberians as October\u2019s presidential election approaches.A second container destined for Liberia was discovered and impounded in the United States and, of more concern, police claim to have found arms at the Monrovia house of the alleged importer Boye Benjamin, a resident of Texas in the United States. That discovery leaves open the possibility that some imports have escaped law enforcement\u2019s net. At a press conference in January Col. Patrick Sudue, Police Inspector General, said the seized weapons \u201cwere sufficient to destabilize the country.\u201d Public concern has not been helped by the fact that law enforcement has given no update since the seizure.<\/p>\n

An FPA\/New Narratives investigation failed to turn up any information on Baker. Texas public court records have no record of someone with that name appearing in the court system. In Liberia the focus has been on two women who were named as recipients of the container.<\/p>\n

<\/a>According to Prince Mulbah, Deputy Inspector General of the Liberian National Police, Barbara Debah has been receiving boxes from Baker for some time but did not know the boxes contained weapons.<\/p>\n

\u201cBarbara agreed to receive his boxes, but he told her only the ones that had her name should she open and that was exactly what she said she did,\u201d said Mulbah. \u201cEven the boxes that we seized from the port all had seals on them. From our preliminary investigation Barbara did not know what was contained in the boxes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deputy Inspector Mulbah confirmed that Baker has not been arrested. \u201cNo, Baker has not yet been arrested. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in the process of communicating with the United States for extradition. That\u2019s where we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Debah herself has failed to make several agreed appointments with FPA\/New Narratives. Her lawyer Atty. Martin Colorno said his client and the alleged gun smuggler connected through the internet but that his client was deceived by Baker.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe told us that she doesn\u2019t know anything,\u201d said Colorno. \u201cShe started doing some work for the guy here and when he saw her honesty he would just ship things to her and she would just take them as they came and place them at his house, not opening them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colorno said his client has been called for questioning four times by police. He said Debah regrets her interactions with Baker that have put her at risk of arrest. He doubts the police have evidence to charge her.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the police to indict my client, they have to prove substantially that she is aware of what has been going on with Mr. Baker,\u201d said Colorno.<\/p>\n

The second woman of interest in the case Melvina Kpan, a broker at the Freeport of Monrovia, also broke an engagement with FPA\/New Narratives and has not responded to calls and texts.<\/p>\n

Widespread speculation \u2013 so far based on no evidence \u2013 has pointed the blame for importation on high-ranking members of the Weah government. That has fueled skepticism that government will pursue the investigation fairly. Atty. Maxwell Grigsby, Liberia National Arms Commission\u2019s chairperson, insisted those responsible for the importation would be held to account regardless of their position in government.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever within the framework of the government or security architecture is involved with the smuggling, we will do the unlikely.\u201d Grigsby vowed that they would expose \u201cany big name\u201d that may be connected with the smuggled guns. He assured the public evidence would be protected.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know this is a fruit of a crime that is for prosecution either here in Liberia or in the U.S. and we take a specific interest in ensuring that this evidence is not tampered with,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The biggest obstacle for Liberian investigators could be extraditing Baker to Liberia. The U.S. government has denied repeated requests for US-based Liberians to be extradited to face charges. All \u2013 from President Samuel Doe\u2019s request to have coup-plotter Charles Taylor extradited to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf\u2019s request for the return of airport chief Ellen Cockrum \u2013 have been denied.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Cllr. Tiawon Gongoloe, former Solicitor General and current presidential candidate, doubts the U.S. would agree to send a lawful resident or citizen to face justice in Liberia\u2019s dysfunctional justice system. Either way, he said, the U.S. is better placed to undertake the investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States has better capabilities in terms of personnel and equipment to investigate and get to the facts and they can track the evidence so that there is no way for an accused person to say they did not do it,\u201d Gongloe said in an interview. \u201cIt is possible to know what conversations went on, what text messages or emails were exchanged. It is just so easy to conclude a matter of hours to know how the arms left the United States and got here, what it was intended for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cllr. Gongoloe acknowledged the fragility of Liberia\u2019s security sector, but joined others who hold the belief that the alarm being raised by the Weah government about the seizure of a huge consignment of arms and ammunition could be \u201cmeant to buy public sentiment\u201d ahead of elections. \u201cThis idea of governments arranging things and creating the impression that people want to overthrow the government are dramas that have been performed before to create sympathy for the presidency, but it should be easy in today\u2019s world for the police to find the facts,\u201c Gongloe said.<\/p>\n

If the weapons were part of a coup plot, it would not be the first time the US or Europe were used to plan a coup on African soil according to Peter Zazay, a former top former official of the Liberian National Police and the Immigration Service. Zazay, now a director at the Independent National Human Rights Commission, said that made it hard for people in Africa to get justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow did it travel by sea from America?\u201d Zazay asked. He is skeptical that global intelligence agencies could have been unaware of a huge consignment of weapons coming to Liberia. But he was unable to provide evidence of his assertions. Zazay shares Gongloe\u2019s skepticism that Baker will be brought to Liberia to face justice.<\/p>\n

A the time of the seizure US Ambassador Michael McCarthy insisted that that the US government would pursue justice in the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me also make it crystal clear that any person hoping to destabilize Liberia by sending weapons illegally from the United States will meet the full force of law enforcement on that side of the Atlantic,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cLet all who wish to destabilize the country with threats of violence and intimidation understand that a better Liberia lies at the end of open discourse, respectful debate, and free, fair, transparent, and peaceful elections. Shortcuts will never work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grigsby confirmed to FrontPage Africa\/New Narratives that Baker did not obtain the necessary clearance for the importation of any arms and ammunition to Liberia. The Firearms and Ammunition Control Act of 2015 prohibits the illicit importation, manufacture and exportation of conventional arms. Anyone found guilty of a violation faces twenty years in prison.<\/p>\n

According to Atty. Grigsby the second container has been impounded in the U.S. where it is being investigated by US authorities. He did not say whether or not the second container contained arms and ammunition. The seized weapons in Liberia have been retained by the LNP.<\/p>\n

In the absence of any update from authorities, rumors are taking hold. Liberians have been left wondering who could be seeking to use these weapons and for what reasons. And how confident are Liberian security apparatus that all weapons have been seized? Citizens interviewed by FPA\/NN said they feared this investigation would go the way of many other high-profile investigations launched by the Weah administration that have never been heard from again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was here throughout the war so every time I hear about arms or even hear the sounds of guns, it scares me and carries my mind back to the war,\u201d said 51-year-old jobless single mother Linda Eden Kamokai in an interview in Paynesville. \u201cThe news of the government discovering huge guns is nothing to take for a joke now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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