A Liberian identified as Julius Beford was on Monday, March 20, 2023 reportedly arrested by the Indian drug enforcement agency for his alleged in possession huge quantity of cocaine valued at thousands of United States Dollars.
According to report, the arrest was made by officers of the Indian Drugs Enforcement Agency at a beach village in North Goa, India, and has since been detained, according to an Indian online outlet, the Outlook.
The online paper said the police had conducted a raid at Anjuna on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday and apprehended the accused, deputy superintendent of police Jivba Dalvi said.
The accused,41 was found in possession of cocaine worth Rupee 60,000 was arrested under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.