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Inside Liberia’s Cocaine Scandal: Where the Police Became ‘Suspects’ — Who Gave the Order?

Monrovia – Picture the road before anyone official wants you to: a van, a truck, and — tucked in front and behind, headlights doing the ordinary work of traffic — two marked Liberia National Police cruisers, running escort in the dark for a shipment neither vehicle had any legitimate reason to be near. By the government’s own account, that is how nearly four tons of cocaine, the largest quantity ever seized in Liberia’s history, made its way toward Paynesville. The officers riding beside it weren’t undercover. They weren’t off duty. And according to Inspector General Gregory Coleman, they weren’t acting alone.

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