An officer of the Drug Enforcement Agency has been discovered dead in the compound of Arcelor Mittal in Grand Bassa County.
The body of the late officer Robert Doe commonly called “The Rock” was discovered Monday night by some of his friends.
According to report, Officer Robert and four of his friends were in a vehicle, and had gone to drop their friend at his home in area known as the loop.
The report details that as they were returning from the Loop, Officer Robert began to vomit, at which time his three friends disembarked the vehicles and immediately rushed to the nearby clinic for nurses, but later met the officer dead upon their return.
Meanwhile, police in Grand Bassa County are investigating the three friends who were with Officer Robert during the situation.
Despite the death of the DEA Officer, the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime has donated five motorcycles and ten scanning machines to the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency to combat the spread of illicit drugs in the country.
Presenting the items, UNODC Focus Person, Jose Alvarey, said the donation of the bikes and scanners is part of the UN’s way of empowering the LDEA.
He assured the LDEA will continue to support with logistics and training in the midst of challenges facing the institution and its officers.
Receiving the bikes and the scanners, the Director General of the LDEA, Marcus Soko, thanked the UNODC for the donation and assured them that the items will be used for the intended purpose.
Col. Soko appealed to other partners to emulate the good example of the UNODC.
