Liberia’s joint security says in the wake of acute drugs and other medical supplies in various hospital and health centers in Liberia, they have confiscated a huge consignment of Pharmaceutical Drugs on a truck during an inspection on a truck at an immigration check point near Karnplay City in Electoral District 3, Nimba County.
According to the Liberia Immigration Service Commander in Nimba County, Yah Dolopaye, the pharmaceutical drugs were seized while it was being transported to Ivory Coast without proper documentations from the Ministry of Health and other requisite authority in government.
He disclosed that the drugs were discovered in the truck covered with tarpaulin and tied with tape in black plastic bags.
“The black bags contained three big size cartons each with all kinds of pharmaceutical drugs,” the LIS officer said.
According to him, the operator of the truck was arrested with the near the Loguatuo Border by immigration officers while attempting to leave the country.
He informed the Inquirer that investigation into the seizure of the drugs will include the Ministry of Health, the Liberia National Police (LNP), the Pharmaceutical Board and other stakeholders.
“The drugs will be turned over to MOH to establish weather is good for human consumption, up to standard, and reason for leaving the country without documents,” Col. Dolopaye said.
The senior Immigration named one Mohamed Kamara as the prime suspect who he accused of taking various drugs and medical supplies from Liberia to the Ivory Coast.
When this paper contacted, Mohamed Kamara informed the Inquirer that he often transports medicine from Monrovia without showing any documents to securityofficers.
“I’m an Ivoirian and business man,” he stated. He put the total cost of the medicine at US$1,200.
The shortage of pharmaceutical drugs and other medical supplies at hospital and health centers across the country is raising serious concern as persons with medical concerns are made to purchase their own drugs and supplies before they are attended by health workers at these facilities.
