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International cocaine seizures and Liberian political crisis

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Following the massive cocaine seizures in mid-2026 and the subsequent political crisis in Liberia, the government has undergone a significant leadership reshuffle. On 2 September, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai replaced Justice Minister N. Oswald Tweh and Solicitor General Augustine Fayiah with Cllr. Betty M. Lamin-Blamo and Cllr. Abrahim Boimah Sillah, Sr., respectively. The administration stated these changes aim to strengthen institutions, though the outgoing officials' tenures were marked by intense narcotics investigations and scrutiny over corruption. Legal proceedings regarding drug trafficking and money laundering allegations against former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor have progressed in the Monrovia City Court. Her legal team recently withdrew a request for a preliminary examination of evidence after the court refused to grant access to certain materials. Concurrently, former Liberia National Police Crime Services Commissioner Johnny Bolar Dean faces charges of criminal conspiracy, bribery, and obstruction of government functions. On 8 September, security forces seized a mysterious vessel that drifted near the Monrovia Central Prison. Major General Davidson F. Forleh confirmed the AFL LCG took control of the boat, and two foreign nationals are being held while authorities search the vessel in connection with ongoing drug investigations. In a ~~separate legal development, a jury~~ recent development in ~~Margibi County convicted~~ Kakata, a court sentenced two senior Liberian Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) officers, Joe Logan and Lovette Flowers, and a Nigerian national, Tony Obi, ~~for drug trafficking. Prosecutors alleged the officers accepted a US$10,000 bribe~~ to ~~undermine anti-drug efforts and were involved~~ 20 years in ~~the sale~~ prison. The defendants were convicted of cocaine on trafficking after prosecutors proved they accepted bribes to divert seized drugs to the black ~~market, involving sums of US$181,008 and over LD$63.2 million.~~ market. Following the sentence, Obi was ordered to be deported to Nigeria.

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